The Affordable Community Energy Services Company (ACE) offering is now closed and is no longer accepting investments.
To bring environmental and financial sustainability to owners and residents of low-income housing.
And, in the process, provide a return to our social impact investors.
Affordable Community Energy Services Company ("ACE") is a mission-driven, for-profit social enterprise. ACE brings broad-based energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements to the vastly under-served owners and residents of low-income housing. And today—more than at any time in recent history—this is a mission facing daunting barriers! We need the support of social impact investors like you to help us overcome these barriers.
This is the real value of ACE: providing the necessary capital to complete these improvements, which will be made easier through your investment in ACE.
To see the specific improvements that ACE might install, see the FAQ section.
Tropic Construction and eConserve were service partners with ACE management on past projects, but not yet with ACE.
At ACE, we are dedicated to help meet the serious challenges facing low-income housing communities and our planet.
Improving the quality-of-life in low-income communities.
Providing shareholders with a positive financial return.
And we think that's a lot of good!
Your investment is of great importance to the future of ACE and the people that we serve.
A critical step in ACE's business model is to secure project loans, which will allow us to provide 100% of the capital required by our projects. These loans are not easy to obtain. Lenders must first be comfortable that the projected energy and water savings will be realized and then they must accept the fact that the assets securing the project loans are limited. We have convinced some lenders that the savings projections are reliable, but still might have to convince others, and we still must convince lenders that they would have adequate security. As a result, obtaining a project loan has proven to be even more difficult than we had anticipated and we have not yet been successful in obtaining a loan. Therefore, a key objective of this crowdfunding campaign is to create a stronger balance sheet for ACE to support the project loans necessary to grow the business.
The good news is that if we obtain a project loan of a sufficient size, we expect to be engaged by affiliates of Mercy Housing, Inc., a large developer and manager of affordable housing projects, for a project or multiple projects that would entail providing water- and energy-efficiency measures projected to generate substantial revenues over the next 10 years (see Next Up: Mercy Housing below). In addition to helping to create a stronger balance sheet for ACE, your investment will help ACE to grow its team and reach out to more customers.
ACE IS A TRUE TRIPLE BOTTOM-LINE ENTERPRISE, INTENDING TO DELIVER BENEFITS TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING COMMUNITIES, OUR PLANET AND OUR INVESTORS.
Now, with the current political climate, that challenge is even greater. ACE's work will provide critical and direct financial and other support to the owners of low-income housing and, to a certain extent, to its residents by reducing and controlling their utility costs.
Provide tangible proof to low-income communities that people are investing in their homes—and in them.
2. Help Sustain Our Environment.
ACE's work reduces dangerous greenhouse gases (GHG) and preserves precious water resources, while creating a more healthful physical environment for the residents of the projects we improve.
3. Achieve Targeted Sustainable Returns.
*See the description of Risks in Offering Details below describing the relative possibility of the declaration of dividends or the sale of ACE.
of low-income housing in U.S.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") subsidizes 4.8 million housing units for low-income families and individuals (source: "Federal Housing Assistance for Low-Income Households," Congressional Budget Office, September 2015). These subsidized units are what form ACE's initial market target. However, many of these units are in states where either current utility costs or utility subsidies, or both, are too low to support ACE's broader-based scope of improvements. Currently, ACE's modeling suggests that projects may be financially feasible in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. These target states collectively have approximately 2.5 million of the total units of HUD-subsidized housing (source: "National and State Housing Fact Sheets & Data," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2017). If we are able to convince the owners of even 3% of these units to work with us, our internal financial models project total revenues over 10 years of approximately $19 million. As technologies become more productive, utility costs rise and ACE's scale becomes larger, ACE is hopeful that it would be able to expand its service model to other states and to unsubsidized but "affordable" housing, serving low-income families and individuals.
As important and potentially profitable as this work is, established energy services companies are paying little attention to this underserved, but significant, low-income housing market. ACE believes that these companies have decided that serving low-income housing is too difficult—because of complex governmental regulations and multiple stakeholders—and not as lucrative as it is for other building types. And, low-income housing owners, even those who have an environmental conscience and who want more efficient facilities, may lack the staff, expertise or capital to do it themselves.
"The [Continental Plaza Retrofit Project] is well deserving of the Innovative Energy Efficiency Partnership award because they did not let lack of in-house personnel, expertise, or complexity of capital hinder the project from moving forward. They created a successful model comprised of the right stakeholders, in a manner that was off balance sheet for the owners of the project, and transferred risk of performance to make the project more palatable to owners."
This is not an, "if we build it they will come" situation.
ACE has already substantially completed a pilot for Mercy Housing involving six of its properties, using subsidies from the California Low-Income Weatherization Program ("LIWP Project"). ACE has also completed the audit, analysis and design stages for work at six additional Mercy Housing properties ("Phase 2") and has just begun installation of these improvements for completion by the end of 2017. As the improvements at these twelve properties go on-line, ACE expects to begin to generate revenue and to be able to assess the accuracy of our projections for future work. Our legal rights relating to the work at these twelve properties are documented in Utility Savings Agreements ("USA's") signed with the special purpose entities ("SPE's") that own each individual property. Mercy Housing is either the controlling general partner or the sole owner of these SPE's, but it has not guaranteed the SPE's performance.
The Company believes that there is pent-up demand for its services and that, if it is able to identify sufficient and reliable sources of project capital on terms acceptable to the Company, it will be able to sign agreements with other customers like Mercy Housing.
We are able to finance and complete the Mercy/ACE Portfolio Project.
We are able to sign one more agreement with owners for energy efficiency retrofit projects of 5,000 units in 2018 and agreements of at least 10,000 units each year for the following 4 years starting in 2019.
We do not encounter competition or resistance from potential customers that would cause our fees or percentage of customer energy or water saving to be reduced.
Energy and water rates grow at approximately 2 to 3% per year.
Our energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy project installation costs and actual operating, maintenance and capital replacement costs are consistent with our projected costs.
There is no increase in our financing costs.
In the states where ACE intends to pursue projects, there is no termination of energy efficiency programs that provide subsidies of the type used by the Company and no decrease in the current rates or funding of subsidies for such programs.
As you can see from these projections, ACE is an operating company that we hope will deliver strong returns and steady growth. We do not expect to provide the kinds of multiple returns that, say, a breakthrough technology company might provide.
These projections and statements of expectations are forward-looking statements and, as such, are highly uncertain. See the discussion of Risks in Offering Details below for further information on risks that may cause the forward-looking statements above to prove to be inaccurate.
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*All perks occur after the offering is completed. In fact, we will not be allowed to communicate with you, even to thank you (other than through the general Comments section) until after the offering is completed and closed. But know that we thank you for your investment in the meantime.
What is the difference between "Affordable" housing and "Low-income" housing and which does ACE serve?
We use these terms interchangeably. "Affordable" housing is an industry term used to mean government subsidized housing for individuals and families whose income falls below levels that make quality housing otherwise unaffordable. The subsidies are either project-based support (tax credits or low-interest loans to reduce the cost of the housing to the developer) or tenant-based support (direct subsidies to the residents). ACE is not currently pursuing a third category of affordable housing, which is government-owned public housing, where residents live rent-free.
We know of only two organizations that make providing broad-based sustainability services to affordable housing a priority: Commons Energy in Vermont and Elevate in Illinois. Having these two excellent organizations pursuing the same objectives is a good thing for ACE because this competition should attract more capital to our market. There could be others of which we are not aware, and there are many other service providers who market more limited services to affordable housing including lighting, specific efficiency projects and renewable energy and, in some cases, they will finance the improvements.
What are your plans for growing the ACE team?
As we add projects and expand our business development efforts, we will need additional staff. It is our intention to continue to stay as lean as possible until we believe that the level of work is sufficiently large and predictable to support additional full-time employees. Until then, we will continue to use the variable resources of our strategic partners, Bright Power, Inc. and dbHMS, and the resources of other service providers whom we either know or will have vetted adequately. Our first new hire will most likely be an experienced project manager with some expertise in sustainable technology.
Why don't the owners of low-income housing do this work themselves?
Most non-profit owners of affordable housing are resource-strapped. In our experience, members of their staff typically work extremely hard to perform their core functions, so it's difficult for them then to add the evaluation, installation and management of new green improvements to their "day jobs." In addition, they may lack the internal expertise to assess and assume the risks associated with the performance of these improvements.
Their annual budgeting process limits them to making improvements that can pay for themselves during that budget year, which eliminates most measures.
By the nature of the governmental regulations to which they are subject, they typically cannot accumulate the reserves necessary to pay for these improvements from cash.
It is difficult for them to borrow new money because existing partners and lenders do not want their positions disturbed by new money.
What effect will the current Administration in Washington have on ACE's business?
The answer to this question is different for our energy efficiency and water conservation work, on the one hand, and our renewable energy improvements, on the other.
Fortunately, when it comes to energy efficiency and water conservation, the states and local utilities are the drivers of sustainability and the source for most of the meaningful financial subsidies. Progressive states like California, New York, as well as a number of states in New England, Mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest have for the most part maintained or increased their announced support of sustainability. These are the states that ACE is targeting, so ACE doesn't expect the policies that may be adopted by the Federal government to have a material impact on the financial subsidies supporting its energy efficiency and water conservation work.
The answer is different for our renewable strategies. Historically, renewable improvements were only possible with the financial subsidies coming from Federal tax credits. These tax credits were renewed with bipartisan support in 2015 and many observers believe they will not be repealed. However, the current Administration and members of Congress have announced their hope to reduce the maximum corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. If this were to happen the proceeds from the tax credits would be reduced proportionately (e.g., by 58%) or, even worse, the corporations, who are the primary investors in these credits, would conclude that they weren't worth the trouble and would no longer invest in the credits at all. Thus, one of the important sources of capital used by ACE to pay for renewable systems would either be materially reduced or eliminated altogether. However, the productivity of solar panels and other renewable systems has been improving at such a rapid rate that we can reasonably hope for a time in the near future when Federal subsidies may not be required to make renewable systems financially feasible.
What kind of retrofit improvements do you install at the properties?
We start out with the goal of installing as much energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements as is technically and financially feasible. Currently, there are limits to what we can afford to do. However, our approach of using improvements with faster paybacks (like lighting, water conservation and controls) to, in a sense, subsidize important measures with longer paybacks, allows us to do a broader scope of improvements than is typical. We call this the "Whole Tree" approach, as opposed to a more typical "Low-hanging Fruit" approach.
Other site-specific improvements are often found as we perform detailed audits and analyses.
How does ACE intend to grow its business?
During his years working on this model, first as part of a subsidiary of Hispanic Housing Development Corporation and now at ACE, Jeff Greenberger has had discussions with a number of national and regional owners of affordable housing about working with ACE. There is an increasing interest by many of these owners in exploring how they might work with ACE. Because of the limited size and resources of ACE and the importance of successfully launching and implementing the Mercy/ACE Portfolio Project, we have not advanced these discussions, choosing instead to focus on getting the Mercy Housing project moving. As soon as we know that the installation of the Mercy Housing improvements is well underway, we will actively pursue these other identified opportunities in person and expand our business development activities in general.
Continuing to work with our partners, particularly Bright Power, Inc., in reaching out to their existing and prospective customers.
Expanding our efforts with the significant groups supporting affordable housing, including the Stewards for Affordable Housing's Future ("SAHF"), NeighborWorks, the Department of Energy/HUD Better Building Challenge Participants, Local Initiatives Support Services ("LISC") and Enterprise Community Partners, among others.
Continuing to speak at conferences and place articles in publications designed to reach affordable housing owners.
Where does ACE stand in seeking a loan for the Mercy/ACE Portfolio Project?
We have spoken to a large number of possible lenders without success. However, ACE is in active discussion with two potential mission-driven lenders and remains optimistic that a loan will be secured from one of them (or from one of the other potential funders with whom we have had more preliminary discussions). Jeff Greenberger, an ACE principal, intends to loan funds to the Company for immediate needs of the next phase of work within the Mercy/ACE Portfolio Project (Phase 2 comprised of six properties), unless and until a project loan is obtained. Mr. Greenberger intends to be repaid these and other project-related advances provided by him at such time as ACE receives funds from a loan. These project-related advances are currently estimated to become approximately $128,000. If a project loan is not obtained, Mr. Greenberger may or may not seek repayment for these advances from the proceeds of this Offering.
What were the reasons for the separation of the ACE mission from Hispanic Housing Development Corporation?
Early in 2012, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation ("HHDC"), a non-profit owner and manager of affordable housing, formed an energy efficiency subsidiary, Affordable Community Energy, Inc. ("HHDC Energy Subsidiary")—which is not the same as ACE, the company engaged in this offering of Class B Common Stock. The goal of HHDC, which was generously supported by an Energy Innovation Fund grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), was to determine whether a replicable, sustainable business model could be developed to provide broad-based efficiency, conservation and renewable improvements to affordable housing owners. The HHDC Energy Subsidiary used the HHDC portfolio of properties to prove the financial and technical elements of a viable business model. During the four years of its existence, the HHDC Energy Subsidiary completed more than $10 million of improvements across the HHDC portfolio.
In early 2016, once the model proved successful, HHDC and Jeff Greenberger recognized that HHDC's primary mission was the development and ownership of affordable housing and not sustainability. In addition, Mr. Greenberger recognized that he could execute the original business strategy more organically as a stand-alone business. As a result, ACE was formed on July 1, 2016 as a totally separate entity to carry on the mission of the HHDC Energy Subsidiary.
How do you measure savings in water and energy?
Base Year Consumption means the consumption of electricity, natural gas and water in the period before ACE makes its improvements. Before we make improvements for any customer, we obtain a reliable baseline of its pre-improvement consumption of electricity, natural gas and water from their prior utility bills for a period of between 12-18 months. However, to make sure that we don't realize windfall savings or suffer unfair comparisons, the Base Year will be adjusted as appropriate to reflect differences in temperatures, use and occupancy from year to year.
Performance Year Consumption means the consumption reported in these same utilities' bills after our improvements have been installed.
Utility Rate means the rate charged from time to time by the electricity, natural gas or water provider. Thus, as rates rise, the value of ACE's share of the Savings will increase.
Please be sure to review carefully the other sections, particularly the Risks section in Offering Details below.
If you have further questions or comments, please leave them on the Comments page.
We hope to welcome you soon as part of the ACE family!
ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model and of which Jeff Greenberger was COO at the time, was referred to as an example of Raising Equity Investment for Solar in Affordable Housing.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, spoke at a Greenbuild panel titled "Financing Green Retrofits for Affordable Housing: A Polyphonic View", and presented how ACE Inc. retrofitted a 1,174-unit portfolio serving seniors, the disabled and families.
ACE Inc, the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model and of which Jeff Greenberger was the COO at the time, received retrofit Chicago Innovative Partnership of the Year award.
ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model and of which Jeff Greenberger was COO at the time, had developed a systematic approach to funding clean energy retrofits.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, talked about how building green committees could encourage eco-friendly behaviors of the residents.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, addressed on the Economics of Solar ESCOs at a webinar hosted by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, spoke at a webinar hosted by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, participated in a panel discussion titled Financial Product Innovation: Maturing Products and Growing Demand.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, participated in a panel discussion titled Evaluating Retrofit Financing Options.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, spoke at the webinar about innovative ways to finance clean energy.
At this panel discussion, Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, described how a mission-driven energy solution company can be a source for the payment of all of the costs of a comprehensive energy and water efficiency retrofit.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, addressed on the topic of Harvesting the Whole Tree: Comprehensive Sustainability Services for Affordable Multifamily Housing Properties.
Jeff Greenberger, as COO of ACE Inc., the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation subsidiary that pioneered ACE's model, spoke about innovative financing models.
An energy services company (ESCO) providing broad-based energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy retrofit improvements to the owners of multifamily low-income ("affordable") housing.
Unless required by applicable law, no holder of Class B Common Stock shall have any voting right or power in respect of Class B Common Stock, and no holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled in respect of Class B Common Stock to notice of any stockholders' meeting; provided, that no amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the "Restated Articles") that adversely affects the rights of holders of Class B Common Stock as set forth in Article 5 of the Restated Articles of Incorporation (other than any amendment that proportionally affects the rights of holders of the Class A Common Stock in the same manner) shall become effective unless it shall have been approved by vote of holders of more than 50% of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class on the basis of one vote per share of Class B Common Stock held.
Class A Common Stock (voting): 45,000 shares owned directly and indirectly (through Greenberger Holding LLC) by Jeffrey Greenberger and his spouse.
The Company might incur Irregular Use of Process that may include Salary and other personnel-related payments to its President, repayments of project-related advances made by the President, payments for marketing and strategic advisory services to the President's brother and to repay the principal and interest due on a portion of the Convertible Promissory Notes that have been purchased by relatives of the President and Madelyn Greenberger, his spouse. See Related Party Transactions above.
We are approaching the end of ACE's crowdfunding campaign! This is your last chance to be part of ACE's mission to help low-income housing communities and the planet.
ACE is more than thankful for your emotional support, yet we do hope to get your monetary investment, too. As we continue with the $6 million project with Mercy Housing in the coming year and expect a financial return, a substantial working capital would help us to make sure that we deliver the best service. This means that every investment you make would be of great value to ACE and our mission!
Please take this last chance and invest in ACE today.
Time is running out. Invest in ACE now!
Thank you for being a part of ACE's crowdfunding campaign over the past few months. We are heartened by your interest in improving lives for low-income communities and for protecting our environment—which, as you know, is at the heart of ACE's work. We are closing our campaign in TWO days! That's two days left for you to invest in ACE and put your money where your values are!
As a mission-driven energy services company providing comprehensive green retrofits to low-income housing, ACE has completed important work over the past few years. Happily, ACE just obtained a commitment for a $3 million financing commitment for our $6 million California project. But it has been a long haul and we still need to increase our working and growth capital. We hope you will continue to be part of the ACE family. Your support, both emotionally and monetarily, is greatly appreciated. Our minimum investment amount is only $250, but please give more if you can.
Feel free to leave us a comment if you have any questions.
We have tremendous news to report: ACE has found its financial partner! As a result, we will be able to deliver meaningful sustainable benefits to approximately 6,000 units of low-income housing and the odds that this investment will be financially rewarding have greatly increased.
The Loan Committee of the Reinvestment Fund has approved a $3 million loan to ACE that will allow us to complete the comprehensive retrofit of approximately 90 multifamily affordable housing properties owned by Mercy Housing in California.
ACE will be receiving substantial and sustainable revenue generated by the Mercy Project.
Obtaining this loan and the long-term commitment from Reinvestment Fund substantially reduces the risks associated with your investment in ACE.
By completing this loan and commencing the Mercy Project, ACE will have demonstrated to other owners of multifamily affordable housing that ACE can deliver, which will make future business development easier.
We are extremely excited about 2018 and beyond as a result of this news. For those of you who have invested in ACE, we thank you for your support; we couldn't have gotten here without you. And for those of you who haven't, we welcome you to be part of ACE's future. Please consider investing in ACE and share this opportunity with people who have the same passion as us. We appreciate your help.
For more details about the loan approval, please read at www.affordablecommunityenergyservices.com/unique-3-million-loan-benefits-low-income-families-environment/.
ACE has become a new member of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings Residential Network, which connects energy efficiency programs and partners to share best practices and learn from one another to increase the number of homes that are energy efficient.
ACE will benefit immediately by receiving access to monthly topical calls with peers about residential energy efficiency strategies. Calls have discussed business partners and workforce development, marketing and outreach, evaluation and data collection, financing, moderate- and low-income markets, and so on.
Joining the Network will provide ACE more opportunities to establish itself in the energy efficiency industry and to jointly work with other organizations to make affordable housing affordable and the planet livable.
As you might know, Affordable Community Energy Services Company (ACE) has exceeded its minimum funding goal. When a company reaches its minimum on StartEngine, it's about to begin withdrawing funds. If you invested in Affordable Community Energy Services Company (ACE) be on the lookout for an email that describes more about the disbursement process.
We reached our minimum funding goal!
Recently, with the help of our investors, we passed our initial goal of $10,000! We thank you for supporting our mission.
Still there's plenty of work to do.
If you haven't invested yet, please consider doing so.
If you have invested, please spread the words for us and urge your friends to do so, too.
Doing good to the low-income housing communities and our environment requires a lot more than what we have now.
And there are less than 2 months left for our campaign.
ACE is making exciting progress and calling for more support!
• Crowdfunding Progress, but a Long Way to Go. After launching our crowdfunding campaign, we've received additional investments and commitments of almost $20,000 from more than 15 investors. We are still waiting for some investors to finalize their investments on the StartEngine platform, but with all the commitments, we are exceeding the minimum funding goal set with the platform. But this was an arbitrary minimum, we have as our goal to raise between $200,000 and $500,000 to provide the additional liquidity that will be required as ACE moves on to new projects.
• Term Sheet with A Project Lender. The good news is that we have signed a Term Sheet with the Reinvestment Fund to provide the project loan for the $5.5 million Mercy California Project. While we still have details to iron out, RF is aiming for a loan committee meeting in late November. We are working diligently, and hope to close the loan by early in 2018.
• More Visibility for ACE's Work. ACE has been cited as an industry pioneer, tapping into social impact investors like you to help fund energy efficiency for low-income housing. Check out the press coverage here.
We are very positive about our progress in our core business and in the preliminary results of our crowdfunding campaign, but we still have an urgent need to raise additional funds to provide the liquidity required to strengthen ACE's balance sheet. This will help us reach more low-income individuals and families and to grow our business.
Please join us in the cause and share your support with those whom you think our mission might resonate. And if you haven't yet invested, please do so now.
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Dr. Ferdman earned a Ph.D. in Psychology at Yale University and an A.B. degree at Princeton University.
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Q: Composite Key in MS Access 2003 Question 1:
And how to create two fields as primary keys(Attribute A is primary key
and Attribute B is primary key)
Question 2:
How to create composite key(Attribute A and B together as primary key)
In MS Access 2003.
Thanks in Advance..

A: Although you can't create 2 primary keys, you can set the indexed setting to Yes (No Duplicates), this will prevent 2 entries the same being entered and also provide faster searching.

A: You can select both fields, hold the shift key and then right click and choice primary key. This will make both keys primary key. Meaning the combination must always be unique, and I guess this should answer both questions.

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Nashville Singer-Songwriter Vienna Debuts "What Are You Waiting For" Video
The 18-year-old granddaughter of Donna Summer wants you to know you're "stronger than you think."
Vienna is only 18 years old, but you'd never guess it. She's got an old soul, perhaps in part due to the influence of the young singer-songwriter's grandmother: disco legend Donna Summer. Having played all the local haunts in her hometown of Nashville, Vienna's getting ready to share her wistful take on pop with her new single "What Are You Waiting For," due out November 3rd from ReverbNation CONNECT's new singles series, The Watch List. But first up, here's the video for the soaring track.
"I think this song really can be relatable to a lot of people," Vienna told The FADER via e-mail. "We've all had someone in our lives, whether it's from a romantic relationship, or someone else, where they have a hold over us and we feel powerless and helpless. This song is a sort of wake up call, because when you're in it, it's hard to see that you could ever get out. It's a reminder that even when it's hard to see, you do have the power to stand up for yourself. I want to always encourage people that they are stronger then they think."
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So you're thinking of emigrating and know where you'd like to live, but there's just one problem. How will you find a job there and where do you begin looking for work?
Well, depending on where you'd like to move to, it goes without saying that your options for job-hunting may be limited by the languages you speak, whether you can obtain a work visa and the salary the company is willing to pay you. These obstacles should not deter you from trying to find a job abroad but rather give you a sense of the skills and resources needed to evolve into a competitive candidate whilst helping you focus on the opportunities that best suit you.
Think about your reasons for seeking paid employment in another country. Are you hoping to learn a new skill, build upon your existing CV with foreign experience or fund the exploration of a new culture and lifestyle? Knowing more about why you want to work abroad will help you determine what types of work will be best suited to you.
The key is to make sure you fully commit to the idea of emigrating and don't worry about missing home. Most people who emigrate but return home later usually develop a desire to want to do it again at some stage. Even if you fail to find your ideal job role, you will enjoy the ride and strengthen your character and life experience in the long run.
Do your research, both on and offline. When you decide on a country to move to, tell your friends. Chances are they will know someone who knows someone there, so you will build up a list of contacts to meet. Take that person out for a drink and ask for the names of people who are still living near your new home who might be accessible when you arrive, then email to connect with them.
Maybe you might be interested in moving to a country like South Africa? If so, start learning Afrikaans. This will allow you to build a marketable skill to give you an added advantage when applying for jobs. Language skills become even more important if you are interested in a business-related field, as you may need to conduct meetings in a foreign language.
Depending on your financial resources, where you are in your career path and where you want to go, it might make sense to move first and then start searching once settled. It is more of a risk, but many employers are often more likely to recruit you if you are available in the country and willing to work than if you are still based in the UK.
What about the potential for transference abroad through your current company? If you've been working for an international company such as Deloitte, Edelman or UBS for example, all have exchange programs that send employees to their international offices. However, the opportunity to move abroad usually takes a few years to work up to, so patience may be required.
While the job-hunting process largely remains the same, each country often has its own unique set of qualifying criteria. Taking a look at the US for example, there is currently a shortage of skills in areas such healthcare, engineering, construction, information technology and teaching, amongst other sectors. In most cases, the points system for visa applications is heavily dependent on a job offer and there are two categories of US visas: immigrant and non-immigrant.
Non-immigrant's with a university degree usually find the US job application process easier if they they have skills that are in short supply, such as being a minister or religious worker, someone with a scientific or medical background, an extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts (including the television and movie industry), education, business or athletics or they might have superior specialist skills with at least 12 years experience. US recruitment agents will not usually take you seriously if you are not already in the country, so applying for jobs prior to leaving is often futile. In most cases, you will need a job offer before being able to obtain a visa and your employer will usually be your sponsor at a cost to them of $5,000 and upwards. They may also have to prove that there is no other American able to do the job if the position is to be permanent.
Sometimes, a multinational employer with offices in the US may be willing to transfer you, but even then the employer has to prepare a good case and your dependent spouse may work by applying for a dual-intent visa. Again, you may only be considered if you have specialist skills that are essential to the operation of the company or if you run the UK arm that somebody can manage for you whilst you are in the US.
Getting a green card is not always easy, even if you are lawfully admitted via one of the routes mentioned above.
Employment-based green cards often require employer sponsorship, labour market testing to prove no US citizen can do the job, and in many cases the wait may run into several years. In other words, a sponsoring employer or job offer is not always enough and the pathway to a green card should always be researched thoroughly.
Furthermore, there is also a total quota of 140,000 for employment-based green cards per year.
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CD Review: Jeff McMullen "Pain Management"
Having performed in several bands over the years, Texas-based singer-songwriter Jeff McMullen is now writing his own music. In fact, a new EP has just been completed by the singer-songwriter that makes use of all of Jeff McMullen's various influences. The release also finds him switching from his two main instruments- the keyboards and the guitar. The new EP from Jeff McMullen is entitled Pain Management.
Jeff McMullen begins his Pain Management EP with the track "Shyne On". The first few seconds of the track feature harmonic a'cappella vocals created by McMullen. Those vocals feature a feel that reminds the listener of R&B music. And while those initial vocals have a strong R&B vibe to them, that's somewhat of a fooler as what follows is nothing like what one would expect. The R&B flavored vocals segue into guitar-driven Hard Rock. That approach comes with Hip-Hop influenced drumbeats as well as some Funk flavor. The entire combination creates a beginning to the track that encapsulates the entire music industry at one time, and all within forty seconds or so. As the track finally starts, what goes forward is a track that includes a strong reference to Michael Jackson as you can almost definitely hear elements of "Thriller" in the music of "Shyne On". Combined together, all of the various elements create a song that would have fit solidly in radio formats back in the eighties.
Pain Management continues with "The Unmailed Letter". Where "Shyne On" was guitar-driven, this track features McMullen on the keyboards. Those keyboards create a soft, gentle feel to the music. Add some strings to those keys and the track contains an emotional feel even before McMullen starts to sing. As McMullen's vocals join the keyboards, there is a slight indication of Bruce Springsteen in his voice. The lyrics of the song find McMullen singing a ballad about a relationship that came to an end a long time ago. The song's lyrics also hint at the regrets that have been left behind as he questions what could have been. As McMullen sings, it becomes clear this letter will never be sent as he knows not where to even start looking in order to reach his love interest from so long ago. The simple piano and occasional strings mixed with the lyrics of lost love create a track with a strong emotional pull to it.
The track "Evidence" continues the Pain Management EP from Jeff McMullen. Once again, McMullen calls upon the guitar to help create the music for the song. This time, however, it is the acoustic guitar that is the focus. With the acoustic guitar, Jeff McMullen creates a Folk-Rock track that combines elements of Soft Rock, Folk and some Jazz flavor together. This musical mix and McMullen's vocals create a track that fits somewhere within the mid-to-late eighties and the early nineties. Altogether, the track brings to mind the Pop-Rock stylings of someone like Bruce Hornsby & the Range and/or Steve Winwood. This comparison is evident because of the relaxed nature of the track. Like the previous songs, "Evidence" is a song that contains a very commercial feel to the music. This song could easily find its way onto Adult Contemporary radio formats because of its somewhat timeless musical approach.
The Pain Management EP continues with yet another piano-based track from Jeff McMullen. And like with the song that comes before it, this track called "Someday" has a laidback feel to the music. This time, McMullen seems to be calling upon the influence from the one and only Phil Collins as the piano-based track of "Someday" contains another Pop-Rock/Lite Rock approach to the music. In fact, you can hear the same type of musical approach in McMullen's track as you can hear in, say, "Take a Look at Me Now" from Collins. Much like the track of "The Unmailed Letter" which came earlier in the EP, McMullen writes a song about a chance to find love once again. With only the sound of the piano, it makes the track seem a little sparse. But that simplistic feel gives the listener a chance to experience McMullen up close.
Jeff McMullen brings his Pain Management EP to a close with the track "It's Only Rain". After the couple of songs that feature very minimalistic musical approaches, McMullen finishes off the release with a song with a full musical feel to the music. Along with his vocals, the track features a full band with guitar, drums, bass and keys. The result is a song with Lite Rock qualities to it. And like songs that came before it, influences from artists like Bruce Hornsby, Steve Winwood or others from the eighties and/or nineties come through in the music. Like with most of the other tracks, this song has a strong commercial feel to it and would fit rather well on Adult Contemporary radio formats. After the previous songs "Evidence" and "Someday," the stronger, fuller "It's Only Rain" feels almost perfect as the final track of the release.
The short Pain Management EP from Jeff McMullen finds the singer-songwriter creating music that falls squarely in the era of the seventies and eighties. With the numerous influences that appear on the release, this EP transitions between Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary and Pop-Rock. The music that the listener experiences comes with a strong timeless feel to it. While it doesn't really push the boundaries of music, this release is solid.
For more information, check out Jeff McMullen's PR firm of Whiplash PR & Management by clicking on the logo for the company.
For a taste of the Pain Management EP from Jeff McMullen, check out the song "Shyne On".
To check out the entire Pain Management EP from Jeff McMullen, click on the album cover below:
Tags Adult Contemporary, Bruce Hornsby & the Range, eighties, folk, funk, hard rock, Hip Hop, jazz, Lite Rock, michael jackson, nineties, Phil Collins, Pop Rock, R&B flavored, seventies, Steve Winwood
CD Review: Chapell "Soul Man"
Singer-songwriter Alan Chapell started out learning how to become a musician by spending some time in New York. And then he took off for international lands. While in place like Mumbai and India, Chapell allowed many different things to influence his writing. While overseas, Chapell started writing commercials and jingles as a way of making money. And while that wasn't the same as making his own music, that did help Chapell stretch as a writer.
Eventually, Alan Chapell moved back to the United States. Soon, Alan Chapell was creating his own music and recording his own music. The resulting singer-songwriter's music combines elements of Rock and Roll with some elements of Pop music. Eventually, Chapell would create his first release entitled The Redhead's Allegations. That eleven-song album has been followed up by Chapell's newest release, a four-song EP called Soul Man.
Alan Chapell (who simply goes by his last name of Chapell) begins his Soul Man release with the titled track of the EP. "Soul Man" begins with slow pace to the music and a rather laidback delivery in the track. The song features a combination of both the keyboard and guitar blending together to create a track that contains a definite Pop feel to the music of the track. The easy pace of the tempo adds to the Pop quality of the track. Along with the easy feel of the tempo, the lyrics to the track about a man who decides to live from one moment to the next instead of trying to live up to a woman's expectations. The lyrics to the track are delivered with a certain amount of gentleness that goes along with the gentle pace of the music.
The release of Soul Man continues with the song "My Baby Loves Me Now". Where the previous track contained a Pop feel to the music, "My Baby Loves Me Now" takes the feel of the music back into the eighties. The inclusion of the keyboards on the track give the song a musical approach that would have fit in well with the likes of Spandau Ballet, Simply Red and maybe even early OMD. The track contains a certain amount of Pop quality to the music with some New Wave elements, as well. The track begins with a low-key delivery and slowly builds over the course of the four minute-playtime. By the end of the track, the song is filled up with a full orchestration and a choir that helps to add fullness to the chorus of the song. The track has a definite commercial radio potential to it and could easily be single off the release.
Soul Man from Chapell continues with the track "Watercolors". With this track, the singer-songwriter steps it up a notch and adds a lot more energy to the music. The first two tracks of the release contained a Pop quality with a gentleness to it. With "Watercolors," the feel of the music takes on a much stronger pace and sound. While still containing a definite Pop-like quality in the music, the track now contains a sound that feels like a combination between Elton John and Phil Collins' solo material. Where the previous songs contained an eighties feel to the music, "Watercolors" would easily have fit in on Adult Contemporary radio formats in the nineties. And just like "My Baby Loves Me Now" before it, "Watercolors" has a definite "single" potential.
Chapell's Soul Man release comes to a close with the track "She's On Fire". With this track, the music is pumped up a little bit more. The track contains a strong Pop sound with an equally strong Soul influence to it that comes from the inclusion of things like horns. The Pop/Soul combination in the music ends up creating a track that feels both retro and fresh at the same time. "She's On Fire" is yet another track within the short four-song EP from Chapell that could find its way onto the radio.
Sometimes it doesn't matter how many tracks a release has or how short the release's playtime. What is important is the strength of the music that is included on that release. Throughout the four songs by Chapell on his Soul Man release, there is at least two, maybe even three tracks that should be played on the radio. There is most definitely a commercial potential for this EP. With this four-song EP being as solid as it is, the listener definitely gets their money's worth.
Soul Man from Alan Chapell is not yet available. The EP will officially be released sometime early in 2018. As such, very little is available to promote the EP. However, there is a live version of the song "The Soul Man," the title track of the upcoming release. For more information and to keep up to date with the release of the EP, check out Chapell's Facebook profile.
For more information, check out Chapell's PR Firm, Whiplash PR.
Tags Alan Chapell, Chapell, eighties pop, elton john, new wave, OMD, Phil Collins, Pop/Soul, Simply Red, soul, Spandau Ballet


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Q: NSMutableDictionary causing EXC_BAD_ACCESS I'm trying to fix an EXC_BAD_ACCESS error that is being thrown when i access a NSMutableDictionary in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath.  Right now it works when I fill ridesDict with a method loadHistoryFromDBExtended like so:
self.ridesDict = [self loadHistoryFromDBExtended];

NSLog(@"rides dict %@", self.ridesDict);

However, I don't want to call [self loadHistoryFromDBExtended] for every cell being loaded since the dictionary won't change so I tried moving:
self.ridesDict = [self loadHistoryFromDBExtended];

to viewDidLoad and now I am getting the EXC_BAD_ACCESS error when i use:
NSLog(@"rides dict %@", self.ridesDict);

in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath. From what i've read it seems that i've got some memory retain/release issues but i can't seem to figure it out. I've tried [self.ridesDict retain] in viewDidLoad after the loadHistoryFromDBExtended method was called but that didn't help. I'm very new to this so I'd appreciate any pointers as to where to go.
Edit: Here is the loadHistoryFromDBExtended method:
-(NSMutableDictionary *)loadHistoryFromDBExtended
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    FMDatabase* db = [FMDatabase databaseWithPath:[self getDBPath]];

    if (![db open])
    {
        NSLog(@"Could not open db.");
        [pool release];
    }

    //get users
    FMResultSet *rs = [db executeQuery:@"SELECT * FROM R order by date desc"]; //query provides result set

    //create result array
    NSMutableDictionary *myDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

    while ([rs next])
    {
        NSMutableArray *usersDictArray = [NSMutableArray array];

        //look up names for id's
        [usersDictArray addObject:[rs stringForColumn:@"rNames"]];
        [usersDictArray addObject:[rs stringForColumn:@"dName"]];
        [usersDictArray addObject:[rs stringForColumn:@"date"]];
        [myDictionary setObject:usersDictArray forKey:[rs stringForColumn:@"rID"]];

        [usersDictArray release];
    }

    //return usersArray;
    return myDictionary;

    [myDictionary release];

    [pool drain];
}

A: I wrote this blog to help understand and debug EXC_BAD_ACCESS
http://loufranco.com/blog/files/Understanding-EXC_BAD_ACCESS.html
In order of easiness

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*Run a Build and Analyze -- do you get a clean build?  Look at what it's saying, but you can ignore leak problems for now -- look for problems of sending messages to released objects

*Run with NSZombiesEnabled -- this makes objects never deallocate, and then complain if a message is sent to an object with retainCount of 0.

*Enable Guard Malloc and then use the special GDB commands to inspect the integrity of the heap.  The problem is that you need to step through and do this before you crash to find the real problem.  It might crash somewhere else closer to your problem though

A: There are numerous issues with how that method is implemented. In the check for whether the db could be opened or not, you release the autorelease pool, but then continue on to the rest of the code. I assume you would probably want to return nil at that point. In the [rs next] section, you create an NSMutableArray with +array, which creates an autoreleased object. As such, you shouldn't call [usersDictArray release], as that would be over-releasing. (In each loop, the "temporary", autoreleased usersDictArray instances will be stored in the pool autorelease pool. When you call [pool drain], the autorelease pool will send all of those temporary instances a release message). Towards the end, you have return myDictionary;, which causes the next 2 lines to never be reached. As a result, the autorelease pool you created would never be released (popped).
This is probably how I would implement it:
-(NSMutableDictionary *)loadHistoryFromDBExtended {
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    FMDatabase* db = [FMDatabase databaseWithPath:[self getDBPath]];

    if (![db open])
    {
        NSLog(@"Could not open db.");
        [pool release];
        return nil; // I'm assuming you should return nil here
    }

    //get users; query provides result set
    FMResultSet *rs = [db executeQuery:@"SELECT * FROM R order by date desc"];

    //create result array
    NSMutableDictionary *myDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

    while ([rs next])
    {
        NSMutableArray *usersDictArray = [NSMutableArray array];
        //look up names for id's
        [usersDictArray addObject:[rs stringForColumn:@"rNames"]];
        [usersDictArray addObject:[rs stringForColumn:@"dName"]];
        [usersDictArray addObject:[rs stringForColumn:@"date"]];
        [myDictionary setObject:usersDictArray forKey:[rs stringForColumn:@"rID"]];
        // [usersDictArray release];
    }
    [pool drain];
    return [myDictionary autorelease];
}

(Note that how I implemented this assumes that the reasoning behind creating a local autorelease pool is for performance, and that there is a global NSAutoreleasePool in place to absorb the final [myDictionary autorelease] autoreleased object).

A: Try to call:
[self.ridesDict retain];

before using the dictionary(maybe at class init). Don't forget to call:
[self.ridesDict release];
self.ridesDict = nil;

at dealloc.
Also check if you declare property in the header correctly. It must be:
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *ridesDict;

And add @synthesize ridesDict; to your class implementation.


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Q: Word/Idiom for 'one bad experience not ruining it for future encounters' I'm looking for a word or idiom that helps describe the scenario where though you have had one bad experience with something it has not spoiled your view on that thing. Example:

I had a bad experience working in services but that doesn't mean all services jobs are bad.

A: You should consider the word aberration. It implies a departure from the usual, and in your context, you want to say that you are not swayed by aberrations.

I had a bad experience working in services but I hope that's just an aberration.

ODO:

aberration
NOUN
1 A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one:
  'they described the outbreak of violence in the
  area as an aberration'
'Despite aberrations, we are still a by and large secular state.'
'Mee added, 'Although I do not know who is responsible for these
  incidents I hope that they were aberrations and shall not be seen
  again.''

A: One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch :

*

*an idiomatic expression that is used to refer to situations where a mistake or a wrong is not expected to compromise the whole context.

A: Your bad experience could be described as atypical, or, especially if you have a statistically-minded audience, an outlier.
atypical (adj): not representative of a type, group, or class
outlier (n): a person or thing differing from all other members of a particular group or set


Shell's Norco, Louisiana, gasoline unit restart delayed 1-2 weeks -sources. HOUSTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The restart of the gasoline-producing unit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's 218,200 barrel-per-day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana, refinery has been delayed between one and two weeks, said sources familiar with plant operations on Wednesday. The restart of the 112,000-bpd gasoline-producing Residual Catalytic Cracking Unit from a two-month overhaul was scheduled for May 8, but is now expected to take place in the third or fourth week of May, the sources said. Shell is preparing to restart the 14,800-bpd alkylation unit, which is expected to resume operations as early as this week, according to the sources.
Over the long run, the price of a stock will generally go up in lock step with its earnings (assuming the P/E ratio is constant). Therefore stocks with higher earnings growth should offer the highest capital gains. And doubling the growth more than doubles the capital gain, due to the compounding effect. Take a view on its long-term annual earnings per share (EPS) growth rate which is suggested by Analyst to reach at 7.00% for next 5 years and looking its past five year record, annual EPS growth rate was 1.50%. Moving averages can help smooth out these erratic movements by removing day-to-day fluctuations and make trends easier to spot. Since they take the average of past price movements, moving averages are better for accurately reading past price movements rather than predicting future past movements. Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS-A) stock price performed at a change of 1.55% from 20 day SMA and stands at a distance of 2.83% away from 50 day SMA.
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the 'Company') announces that on 24 April 2019 it purchased the following number of "A" Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information on "A" shares purchased according to trading venues:. In respect of this programme, J.P. Morgan Securities plc will make trading decisions in relation to the Company's securities independently of the Company for a period from January 31, 2019 up to and including 29 April, 2019. Any such share purchases will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, and in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares, Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and Article 5 of the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU dealing with buy-back programmes and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.
Shell has begun olefins cracker shutdown for maintenance at Dutch plant. LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) -. * Royal Dutch Shell began to shut down an olefins cracker at its Moerdijk petrochemical plant in the Netherlands over the Easter weekend, a spokesman for the oil major said. * There are ongoing labour-related strikes by Dutch unions at the site. * Unions had sought to disrupt the planned maintenance. (Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar Editing by David Goodman). What to read next.
Will Shell's Q1 Earnings Meet Wall Street Estimates?(Continued from Prior Part)Analyst ratings for Shell Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) is slated to post its first-quarter earnings on May 2, 2019. In this post, we'll assess analyst ratings for Shell.
Shell strikes big oil in Blacktip well of Gulf Of Mexico. (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's U.S. unit said on Wednesday that it had made one of its biggest oil discoveries in the Blacktip deepwater well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Blacktip, operated by Shell and co-owned by U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp, Equinor ASA and Repsol, is the company's second material discovery in the Perdido Corridor, Shell's Upstream Director Andy Brown said. Shell, which has added more than one billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) resources in the last decade in the Gulf of Mexico, said its global deep-water production is on track to exceed 900,000 boe per day by 2020, from already discovered, established areas.
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Shell makes deep-water discovery in Gulf Of Mexico. ReutersApril 24, 2019, 1:15 PM GMT. April 24 (Reuters) - Shell Offshore Inc, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc, said on Wednesday it made a significant discovery at its Blacktip prospect in the deep water U.S. Gulf of Mexico. "Blacktip is Shell's second material discovery in the Perdido Corridor and is part of a continuing exploration strategy to add competitive deep water options to extend our heartlands," said Andy Brown, Upstream Director for Royal Dutch Shell. (Reporting by Justin George Varghese in Bengaluru). What to read next.
Royal Dutch Shell plc ADR (NYSE:RDS.A) – Piper Jaffray Companies boosted their Q2 2019 earnings estimates for shares of Royal Dutch Shell in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, April 22nd. Piper Jaffray Companies analyst B. Fernandez now forecasts that the energy company will post earnings per share of $1.45 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.11. Piper Jaffray Companies also issued estimates for Royal Dutch Shell's Q3 2019 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $1.45 EPS, FY2019 earnings at $5.40 EPS, Q1 2020 earnings at $1.50 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $5.94 EPS. Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 31st.
Will Shell's Q1 Earnings Meet Wall Street Estimates?(Continued from Prior Part)Shell stock returns In the past month, since March 22, 2019, Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) stock has risen. Let's compare Shell's returns to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF.


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This day camp offers local athletes the opportunity to improve and develop their skills in preparation for their upcoming seasons, including preparing older athletes for the college recruiting process. Campers will be divided according to their age and/or skill set to receive one-on-one training in passing, setting, hitting and serving.
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Q: DLookUp behavior in Form_Current with Label Captions Access 2010 here.
Ok, Dlookups appear behave different based on where they are used. I have this Dlookup
inside a ClockNo_AferUpdate() subroutine that works well on new form entries to change a label's caption to what is found in the "Employees" DB under "EmployeeName" field based on the entered "ClockNo" in a ClockNo combo-box:
Me.LabelName1.Caption = DLookup("[EmployeeName]", "Employees", "[ClockNo] =" & Forms![InspectionEntryForm]!ClockNo)

The Employees database has four fields: AutoNumber-type "ID," Number-type "ClockNo," Text-type "Shift," and Text-type "EmployeeName."
Re-EDIT:
The RowSource for the ClockNo combo box as it sources from the Employees database:
SELECT DISTINCTROW [ClockNo], [EmployeeName] FROM [Employees] ORDER BY [ClockNo];

END Re-EDIT
What I am looking for is the same functionality in Form_Current() so browsing through older entries preserves the Label's caption based on the entered ClockNo. Unfortunately, simply re-using the above Dlookup gives a "Run-time error '3075': Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression '[ClockNo] ='."
Attaching the Dlookup as a control source to a text box does work O.K, but labels seem to be the best use here. I have mucked about with the Criteria section of the Dloopkup for some time without any real success.
End goal is to have a simple label next to a combo box that displays the employee's name based on their current and past ClockNo entries. The name is stored in a separate Employees database alongside their clock number and their shift.
This should be quite simple as both the ClockNo entry and the Label operate on the same form with the same database. Thanks for your input!

A: You have a combo box named ClockNo with this as its Row Source:
SELECT DISTINCTROW [ClockNo], [EmployeeName]
FROM [Employees]
ORDER BY [ClockNo];

I'm not sure why you want DISTINCTROW there.  I would have suspected DISTINCT to be more appropriate.  But I don't think it matters.
The important point is that the combo already includes [EmployeeName], so you shouldn't need to use DLookup to fetch [EmployeeName] again.  Simply read the value from the second column of the combo's selected row.
Imagine your form includes a text box named txtEmployeeName.  In the form's current event, you could do this:
Me.txtEmployeeName = Me.ClockNo.Column(1)

Notice the column index numbers start with 0, so the second column is .Column(1).
And you could do the same thing in the combo's After Update event.
Finally, you wanted to change a label's .Caption, but I showed you how to change a text box's .Value.  If you can't make this technique work with the label, just use a text box instead.  You can set the text box's Enabled property to No and adjust its other properties so that it is visually indistinguishable from a label.
Another approach could be simpler still.  If you want to keep [ClockNo] as the combo's bound value, but are willing to display [EmployeeName] as the combo's selected value, you can set the width of the first column ([ClockNo]) to zero.  You would still see both [ClockNo] and [EmployeeName] in the dropdown.  If this is acceptable, you wouldn't need to bother with a label or text box.


As mobile phones go, the Nokia 8800 is kind of the cellular equivalent of Eliza Doolittle: Everyone wants to dress it up and give it a makeover.
The "Sirocco" handset has been done in everything from 24k gold to the sleek stainless steel design of Lamborghini. Now, Russia's ISSE is weighing in with its own version, christening its "Monaco" brand of the 8800 with a variety of jewelry, colors and designs.
No information on pricing was available, but if all the handsets come in elaborate boxes like the one pictured here and on Slashphone (it looks like exotic zebra wood to us), we can expect them to cost at least as much as a fine cigar humidor.


Photo n°2: Repetition of the dengue rapid diagnostic test is part of the second line of the virologic counter-investigation of dengue suspected cases collected by provincial military hospitals.
Arboshield is a three-year training program on surveillance and diagnosis of vector-borne diseases, organized by IPL teams and held at IPL. An average of 12 trainees per year, one third from civil organization and two third military staff, are following the curriculum. An A&EVD team delivers theoretical and practical sessions within three of the four modules held at IPL. A site follow up is organized to check trainees' capacity to apply diagnosis skills and support the development of surveillance activities in their respective institutions. Samples from patients who had consultations for a dengue-like syndrome in a military provincial hospital partner of the Arboshield project were tested on site and sent to IPL for control (Table 2). This quality assessment allowed for the checking of compliance with the transportation process, compliance to case definitions and capacity to perform and interpret first-line diagnostic tests. A series of 217 blood samples were reinvestigated revealing a high level of discrepancies between first and second lines of analyses. Information on effective first-line testing, interpretation, and conclusions were missing for 166 (76%) of the 217 samples investigated. Among this series, samples from Xieng Khuang Province were initially collected in the context of suspected rickettsia infection based on rickettsia rapid from this series corresponded to an active dengue infection whereas four of them displayed indirect markers suggesting a recent or a past exposure to dengue virus. These results highlight the benefit of the implementation of such training programs and site follow ups to improve the knowledge of technical staff in the country and the global capacity for vector-borne diseases diagnosis and surveillance.


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Exchange Chambers bolsters Leeds expansion with new hire
Previously, Roth held several director roles at the Leeds Law Society and also chaired the small firms' division at the Law Society.
Exchange Chambers has continued its expansion in Leeds with the hire of its former solicitor, Satpal Roth, as a new member.
Roth is an experienced Crown Court advocate specialising in all aspects of criminal litigation and regulatory work, including inquests and professional discipline. She reportedly has "vast" experience in both defence and prosecution work.
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During her time as a solicitor, Roth ran Kher Solicitors, a niche practice specialising in regulatory, prosecution and defence work.
She qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and became a Higher Court advocate in 2007. After deciding to switch careers, Roth was called to the Bar in 2019 and joined Cobden House Chambers.
Roth said: "Exchange Chambers is a growing Northern Powerhouse, ranked as a leading set in both crime and regulatory work.
"I feel honoured to be accepted as a member of such a dynamic Set and look forward to working alongside leading names in the criminal and regulatory field."
Jonathan I'Anson, chief executive at Exchange Chambers, added: "We are thrilled to continue our growth in Leeds by welcoming Satpal as a new member. Satpal enjoyed an outstanding career as a solicitor and has already established a first-rate reputation at the Bar. We look forward to supporting the growth of her practice."
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Q: For fluids, is the continuity equation valid for branched flows or for continuous ones only? Taking a car for example. Can I say that since the cross sectional area for air flow above the car is larger than that below it, the velocity of the air above is higher than the air below? Or would that be an invalid application of the continuity equation because the flow of air ahead of the car separates into 2 flows (one above the car and one below it)?

A: The only assumption in the full continuity equation is that the flow is a continuum; that is, that the mean free path of the individual molecules is much smaller than the "smallest significant characteristic dimension of the problem" (Fox and McDonald). Continuity is just a statement of conservation of mass, so as long as you're accounting for the same fluid in your continuum you can apply continuity no matter how many times or places the flow splits.
Flow over a car is really no different than flow in pipes that branch out to go over and under it. However, in this case, the "pipes" have surfaces bounded by streamlines instead of by some physical barrier. You'd need to select these streamtubes carefully to get meaningful results, because you want the average properties across the tubes to be representative of the flow within them. For complicated flow problems such as this, CFD or experiment is used when the accuracy of results is important.