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The Women Future Conference > 2022 Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition
The Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition is a 'Shark Tank'-style competition that provides a platform for a select group of women-owned businesses to compete for a chance to win funding. The Pitch Competition is judged by a panel of successful and established women entrepreneurs. This year, mentorship was provided to our finalists prior to the competition by Dusty Welsh, Executive Director and Lead Program Instructor at the Sister Sprout studio, offering business and nonprofit development framework which guides women founders through each step of the startup process.
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COMPETITION FORMAT
The finalists pitched their business/product before a panel of judges and conference attendees – 'Shark Tank'-Style – and answered live questions during the conference on November 9.
Read more about the format, finalists and more here.
Each business must have been founded in November 2019 or later in order to compete.
The 2022 funding was a $5,500 cash prize funded by the Stevie Awards and Autumn Consulting, LLC, as well as a certification from Certify My Company (a $4,800 value).
Kul Mocks
Fetchadate
Clocr Inc.
Sam & Lance
Nutricraft Cookware
Only 2.3% of venture funding went to women-led startups in 2020 …
WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT
OUR JUDGING NETWORK
Kim Roxie
Southern belle, seasoned makeup artist, licensed esthetician and member of the Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW), Kim Roxie experienced firsthand how WOC have been overlooked in the clean beauty market. At the age of 21, with a $500 investment, she opened her own makeup shop that catered to multicultural women in her hometown, Houston, TX. After running it for 14 years, in 2020, Roxie launched LAMIK Beauty as an e-commerce clean beauty company making LAMIK the first black-owned clean makeup brand carried by the major beauty specialty retailer, Ulta.com- changing the clean beauty game in Houston, Texas and beyond. Roxie has received numerous awards including the Barack Obama and Joe Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service, one of the Houston Business Journal's "40 under 40," one of the Innovation Map Award's "Top Founder under 40", one of the American Business Journal's Most Influential Young Executives and "one of the 30 Black Stars" by Face2Face Africa. The City of Houston formally named June 23rd as Kim Roxie day in her honor.
Heather Cox, President, Certify My Company
Heather is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and consultant. She brings her tireless energy to the cause of making the business world more closely resemble the real world. Heather champions diversity and inclusion through her work as an entrepreneur, giving business leaders the tools to improve their numbers and advance their companies. As President of Certify My Company, Heather assists all diverse-owned businesses to increase their visibility in markets and make creative connections that accelerate growth.
Shubhi Nigam
Shubhi Nigam is a product lead at Carta inc, where she builds products for early stage companies. Prior to her role at Carta, she was the co-founder of Insight Browser (YCW19). Shubhi is passionate about taking products from zero to one, early stage customer acquisition tactics and continuous user discovery. Shubhi has been featured in Forbes, Tech Crunch, Mind the product & more, and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council. She currently mentors early stage founders through accelerators such as Founders Institute, AWS Impact accelerator and the Hidden Genius Project.
Sree Kanuri
Sree Kanuri has extensive experience in developing and launching new products from concept through Launch including Market Research, Ideation, designing, Prototyping, Testing and development. She led Multimillion dollar product launches and market penetration initiatives through product led growth strategies. She has more than 10 years' experience in new product development primarily in the field of Manufacturing, IoT, Technology and Nanomaterials. She holds 4 patents in the field of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering. She received a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University and an MBA from University of Texas at Austin. She currently manages a $1Billion product portfolio and leads the development of a $100M aaS offer at Dell Technologies.
Shannon Spotswood, President, RFG Advisory
Shannon is a 25-year industry veteran in financial services with an outstanding reputation built on leadership roles in investment banking, hedge fund management, and business development. Under Shannon's leadership, RFG Advisory was named Best Places to Work for Financial Advisors in 2021 and a Finalist for the Investment News Innovation Awards 2021.
Monica Coburn, Founder and President, Nevada Business Advisors
After 20 years of experience in the banking and finance industry, Monica Coburn became a corporate dropout and decided it was time to launch her own firm to follow her passion and fill a need in helping small businesses. As a result, Nevada Business Advisors was formed.
Ellen Higney, Founder and CEO, Bug Bite Thing
Ellen Higney is the Founder and CEO of Bug Bite Thing, Amazon's #1 selling product for insect bite relief, with more than 45,000 reviews. Her company gained national recognition in October 2019 after appearing on ABC's hit show, 'Shark Tank.' All the Sharks were biting with offers to invest in the business, but it was Lori Greiner's 'Golden Ticket' offer that secured the partnership.
Karen Coffey, CEO, Karen Coffey Coaching
Karen is proud to be a National Award-Winning Speaker, Coach, and Author of the book: Making Agents Wealthy, as well as recently ranking #369 on INC 500 2020 List of fastest-growing companies. She was able to go from a homeless single mom to create this success story for herself, with no established sphere of influence.
Jessica Kline, Founder and CEO, Backwoods Promotions Inc.
In 2012, Jessica, an experienced rider, created Backwoods Promotions Inc., a Canadian-based company that specializes in motorsports, automotive & outdoor event staffing across North America. In 2020, the company was certified as a women-owned business and received a number of Stevie Awards in the International Business & Women in Business in both 2020 and 2021.
Helen Greiner, CEO, Tertill
Helen's goal since she was 11 has been to create robots. Now this dream has been refined to delivering robots that help people by performing dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. Helen co-founded and served as Chairman and President of iRobot Corporation for 18 years. During this time, iRobot revolutionized cleaning with the introduction and sale of millions of Roomba Vacuuming Robots. Helen also founded CyPhy Works, a drone company that delivered persistent drones flying for many hours, days, weeks at a time autonomously.
Apoorva Chintala, CEO, Clocr
Apoorva Chintala is the CEO and co-founder of Clocr Inc., an online platform for effortless and legal digital estate planning. Apoorva won first place among the ten finalists competing for the Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition at the 2020 Women|Future Conference. Apoorva is a student at the University of Texas at Austin working towards degrees in Management Information Systems, Plan II Honors, and economics.
Ellen McAlister, President, Bug Bite Thing
Ellen McAlister oversees the operations for Bug Bite Thing's U.S. and international business. Ellen is the mother of Bug Bite Thing Founder and CEO, Kelley Higney, and first appeared on 'Shark Tank' Episode 4 of Season 11 where the mother-daughter duo pitched the Sharks to invest in the business. Bug Bite Thing has experienced massive growth since it debuted—from hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue into a multi-million-dollar enterprise.
100% of the Pitch Competition sponsorship money goes to funding the winning women-owned businesses.
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Autumn's Coaching
Autumn's Coaching empowers women to find their inner knowing. There are times in life when we have an opportunity for growth. Sometimes this happens during a transition in life, such as relationship changes, a new decade older, or a job gain or loss. Sometimes, it is because you are just ready to change your life. Autumn's Coaching helps women connect with their essential selves so they can hear their own wise voices. Autumn does this by giving her clients the tools to work through the obstacles so that they can once again find joy in life.
Executive Women
Executive Women is a global platform constantly portraying inspiring and innovative women entrepreneurs, who have the emotional strength and intelligence enabling them to change the face of business by fearlessly daring to pursue their dreams. We are on a mission to equip women with the know-how to thrive as entrepreneurs, and we offer our community the latest managerial articles, inspirational stories, leadership skills and so much more.
Rashmi Verma
Rashmi's life and career have spanned continents. She grew up in India in a conventional family yet managed to excel in the tech industry. She started her career working for General Electric (GE) where she led and drove multiple high-profile strategy projects within various GE businesses. Rashmi paused her career around 2008 to focus on raising her son. The family moved to Germany soon after, and Rashmi navigated the difficult task of raising her child in a strange country with a drastically different culture and language. Rashmi spent the next 10 years at SAP, a German multinational software company, serving in multiple positions of increasingly higher levels of responsibility. During this time, she expanded her personal and professional networks in Germany and pivoted to her current role at HUGO BOSS. As the Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Rashmi develops creative methods to increase team engagement while establishing an inclusive culture across the company globally. But being a mother and holding a high-level role at a global fashion giant were not enough; Rashmi also launched her own business recently. YogaDaan is a charitable organization that offers yoga classes to raise money for a school for the underprivileged and differently abled children in India.
Freelance Life Magazine
Freelance Life Magazine is dedicated to publishing up-to-date information for freelancers and solopreneurs. On our website freelancelifemagazine.com, you can find the latest freelance news, tips for freelancers, articles on psychology, suggestions for a freelance lifestyle, as well as personal stories and interviews. Find new articles every week and stay informed.
BOBA CHiC®
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Professional Woman's Magazine
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Women Entrepreneurs Inc.
Featured in Forbes, Women Entrepreneurs Inc. is the membership that makes women entrepreneurs #VISIBLE through speaking, partnership, press, and award opportunities. Discover the real ROI of #womenhelpingwomen by becoming a member, speaker, or partner. Website: https://womenentrepreneursinc.com/
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Enterprising Women
Enterprising Women is a print and digital magazine designed to help women entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses to the next level. It is a vibrant community of women-owned businesses, many of whom have more than one million in annual revenues, who share best practices and support each other's growth. Now in its 22nd year, the company also hosts the annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards where the world's top women entrepreneurs are recognized for fast-growth revenues, leadership in their communities, and mentorship of other women or girls. A sister nonprofit, The Enterprising Women Foundation, hosts the Young Enterprising Women Mentoring Forum Program at high schools across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more at www.enterprisingwomen.com and www.enterprisingwomenfoundation.org
Luxurious Web Design
Luxurious Web Design is a modern forward thinking company that creates clean luxurious websites that are loaded with plenty of advanced features. We offer 360° solutions for you and your business. Our strategy, design, and development deliverables are curated support one goal: creating a valuable, impactful experience for the user. We create proprietary solutions that connect deeply with your target audience's needs, and inspire not just affection, but action.
Lindsey Brill
Marketing & Event Coordinator
Lindsey assists in the coordination and marketing efforts that surround the Women|Future Conference. She is passionate about the conference's mission to connect and empower women in business from all walks of life. Lindsey began her event planning career at Clemson University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Over the past five years, her love for event marketing and coordination has blossomed as she has gained valuable experience in the hotel, hospitality and corporate industry. In her free time, she enjoys photography, relaxing on the water and playing with her puppy, Sonny!
Alissa Soriano
Digital Marketing & Design Specialist
Alissa is responsible for creating graphics and visual elements for the Stevie Awards and the Women|Future Conference, as well as managing digital marketing efforts. From brochures and social media images to advertising campaigns, Alissa prioritizes professionalism and clarity. Previously, Alissa spent time as a Design Manager and Marketing Coordinator in the hospitality and nonprofit industries. Alissa is certified in Social Marketing and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.
Michael Gallagher's career reflects his passion for recognizing achievement across the diverse spectrum of business. To honor the millions of business executives and workers worldwide who quietly accomplish innovative and extraordinary things in the workplace every day, Michael founded the Stevie® Awards in 2002. In 2018, he started the Women|Future Conference in conjunction with the already successful Stevie Awards for Women in Business program to give high achieving women a place to come together, share ideas, and network. Michael's commitment to honoring excellence was sparked during his tenure as Vice President of The New York Festivals, organizer of the some of the world's largest international awards competitions for film, television, advertising, and other media. Under his leadership from 1982 to 1988, The New York Festivals significantly expanded its global influence by adding new awards competitions in fields such as radio and print advertising. Michael holds a bachelor of arts from Fordham University in New York City and a master of business administration from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Maggie Gallagher Miller
Maggie has been with the Stevie Awards organization for eight years and is thrilled with how much the Women|Future Conference has grown, even through the hardships of COVID-19. She is passionate about equal opportunities for women and encouraging change and diversity in all industries, especially those that have been male-dominated. At the Stevie Awards Maggie oversees all marketing, event, and HR efforts. Though the Stevie Awards is approaching it's 20 year anniversary, the creation of the Women|Future Conference has led to increased collaboration and learning opportunities that were untapped in prior years. Maggie received her Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and Political Communications from James Madison University and received her Master of Business Administration from George Mason University. In her free time she enjoys running, playing with her dog Samoa, comedy, bargain shopping, keeping up with politics, and trying new restaurants.
Director of Marketing & Communications
Nina is responsible for creating and implementing marketing strategies that set the vision and evolution of the Women|Future Conference and Stevie Awards programs. Her expertise in content writing, event planning, campaign management, and social media has positioned her as the full-stack Marketer for the Women|Future Conference. Her insight has influenced the growth of the Women|Future Conference over the past year and its transition from in-person to virtual. Before the Stevie Awards, Nina spent five years in the technology services industry in various marketing and event management roles- helping to scale a global IT partner. Nina is passionate about the conference mission of women helping other women succeed in all areas of life. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, tennis, golf, and spending quality time with her husband and dog. Nina graduated from Muhlenberg College with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Marketing.


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Motorcycle rider killed in Kelly Drive crash
By Jack Tomczuk Posted on August 9, 2021
PHOTO: Melissa Mitman
A 31-year-old man was killed Sunday evening in a crash on Kelly Drive after losing control of his motorcycle, authorities said.
Vasyl Gnpiuk, who lived in Strawberry Mansion, was riding at around 5:30 p.m. on Kelly Drive near Midvale Avenue in East Falls when he hit a guardrail and collided head-on with a car that was traveling in the opposite direction, according to investigators.
He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he died a short time later, police said.
The driver, a 30-year-old man, was not injured, according to authorities.
Jack Tomczuk
Jack Tomczuk is a Philadelphia native who started as a news reporter for Metro in March 2020 (just a couple days before COVID hit). Previously, he wrote for the Northeast Times, The Sun newspapers in Burlington and Camden counties and the Press of Atlantic City.
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Find your passion! Love your work! Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life!
How many times have you heard advice like this? If you're anything like me, I'll bet the answer is a lot. Well, I'm not going to tell you that. Advice like this sets us up for failure. In my work as a career development strategist, so often people come to me because they don't know what they are passionate about or because they are passionate about so many things they can't focus long enough on one to make any headway.
I can totally relate. I have taught preschool, did communications for an event planning department, and worked in marketing. The truth is I've never felt all that passionate about any of these jobs. To make matters worse, I thought there was something wrong with me. In case you've ever wondered the same thing, I put together a few resources on this topic. I love these resources because they reject the simplicity of 'find your passion' and also offer more salient, more actionable advice.
Take a free evaluation to find out what makes work meaningful to you.
New psychological research indicates that we don't just stumble across passions or naturally feel strongly about one topic or industry. This study shows that we develop those feelings over time, and the article goes further to show how your mindset can affect your career and your daily life.
Serial entrepreneur David Williams reflects on how following his passion has benefited him as well as the limitations he's become unhappily familiar with. If you've ever thought about leaving your job to start a business connected to your passion, this is a must-read.
In this inspiring presentation, author Liz Gilbert shares why she no longer spouts advice like "find your passion" and what she advocates instead. Spoiler alert: This one's especially pertinent for all the explorers out there taking unconventional career paths.
· What are you interested in?
· What are you curious about?
· What do you want to know more about?
While these explorations won't give you a clear yes or no about whether or not to make a drastic change, they can help you develop an understanding of what your passions are, which is the first step to deciding whether or not to follow them.


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Before we step through the looking glass together, there are a few points you need to consider regarding my design process. I, as your designer, will stick to this process, as much as possible, at all times as it produces superior results.
Understanding you, the client's needs, goals, mission & audience is what will take the designs I create for you, to the next level.
The creative brief questions will help me get on the same page about what you want & need out of the results of the project.
Now I will utilise what I have learned from the creative brief by doing further research. I like to create a project mood board with important themes (pulled from the creative brief). If it's a larger project, I'll also put together a "brand strategy" guide. This will cover important topics from the brief – the brand's mission & values, the target audience, competition, what makes the client/brand unique, etc. I will take the time to fully understand your business and goals, but it will ensure that we are on the same wavelength.
It might seem like a lot of legwork, but getting this project 100% right is of the utmost importance.
For my initial round of concepts, I will be sketching things out on paper. If I hop onto the computer too soon – I could get stuck on doing the same old same old. Not to mention get, more easily distracted and too wrapped up in the nitty-gritty details, like colours, type and general pixel pushing.
This is where I ask myself "how can I make this better?" A tweak in composition, colours or type can make a world of difference.
At this stage, you may want some changes to be made. I will discuss with you the revision requests you have made and if it makes the most sense for the success of the overall project.
After the project has been approved and signed off, I will deliver the final design/s in the formats you have requested.
Above all else, I want you to have an amazing experience, leaving you with both a fantastic design and a massive smile on your face.


Unlike the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Index, there is no way to directly invest in the VIX index. I'm sure some really smart people have tried to figure out how to go long or short on this computed volatility index, but there's just no way to do it directly. Instead, you have to invest in a security that attempts to track VIX. None of them are a great at this. I've given a short answer and a long answer below on how to best short the VIX given the current choices. Take your pick.
Buy VelocityShares' ZIV inverse medium-term volatility. This product follows general volatility trends but doesn't have the neck snapping moves of the short-term based products. You definitely still want to exit if the market volatility starts climbing, but you have more time to react. In the post Timing Inverse Volatility with a Simple Ratio, I provide a straightforward method to time your ZIV entries/exits. It doesn't work all the time but it will keep you out of big trouble like the February 5th, 2018 meltdown.
A similar strategy is to go long on ProShares' SVXY. SVXY has options available, so you have implement a long oriented strategy with thosed.
SVXY attempts to match 50% of the opposite percentage moves of VXX. Since VXXB only manages about 45% of the VIX's percentage moves you should expect SVXY to have about a 25% move relative to the VIX. For more on SVXY see this post.
VXXB & VXZB ETNs with theirVelocityShares, ProShares, and UBS investment bank competitors (rolling blends of futures contracts that trade like stocks). See this post for a complete list. See How to short VXXB for specifics on shorting VXXB.
ProShares' SVXY ETF (goal—daily short term inverse returns). More info here.
VelocityShares' ZIV ETN (goal—daily medium term inverse returns). More info here.
All of these choices can be at least theoretically used to bet that the VIX index will go down. Futures contracts or VXXB can be shorted, VIX or VXXB puts can be bought, or calls shorted.
All of these choices have significant problems.
Long VIX / VXXB put options have serious time decay issues—if the VIX doesn't drop when you expect your positions bleed money.
Because volatility products are relatively volatile the premiums on options tend to be expensive.
Unhedged short positions leave you exposed to losses larger than your initial investment if you forecast incorrectly. Your losses if the index spikes won't be unlimited because nothing goes up infinitely, but it could be enough to really hurt. Even the lethargic VXXB managed rallies of around 2X in 2010, 2011 and 2018.
On the positive side of betting that the VIX index will go down, the VIX index and all of its proxies show mean reversion. After it spikes up, fear always subsides, and any surviving short position would reduce its losses over time and potentially turn profitable—assuming you didn't get in when the VIX index was really low.
Better yet, short positions on VXXB or similar products will also profit from the contango associated with the volatility futures these products are based on.
If you decide you want to go short on the VIX index, I think it makes sense to limit your potential losses if volatility spikes, either with stop-loss orders or with VIX or VXXB OTM calls that would really kick in to limit your losses. Stop loss orders are scary because if the market is gapping you might lose quite a bit more than your stop loss order would suggest. For example, if you are short VXX at 40 and your stop loss is set at 42, your order might fill at 44 if the market gaps down significantly at opening. The type of stop-loss order that becomes a limit order rather than a market order when triggered prevents this scenario but opens you up to an even worse loss if volatility continues to spike and never trades at your limit price.
Even though it is scary, I think a stop-loss order would probably work well. At least looking back over the last couple of years, including the flash crash, the market was orderly enough to prevent large losses if reasonable stop loss orders had been in place.


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Income from UK and overseas properties are tax on an accruals basis not a receipts basis. Tax relief is available on the Interest element of the monthly mortgage payments, as well as factoring fees/letting agent's commission/council tax/building and contents insurance and repairs, although some types of repairs will be treated as enhancement expenditure and won't qualify as a repairs, instead relief will be given when the property is sold.
Furniture, fittings, white goods, crockery and linen where the wear and tear allowance is claimed. Replacement cost may be used in stead of the wear and tear allowance. Where the replacement method is used not relief is claimed for the initial cost of the item.
Any large repair costing more than 50% of the value of the item is capital expenditure, not revenue, such as a large repair to the roof of the letting property.
Reburbishment or upgrading of the property is capital expenditure. Relief is given when the property is sold.


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I don't have a house in Spain, but I've been thinking about it. From my little knowledge, you need to be careful if you plan to AirBNB it out. Spain passed a rentals law to regulate short term holiday lets. This is either to protect housing for lower paid workers so the supply isn't taken up by holiday rentals, or to protect the hotel industry depending on who you are listening to. Spain is organised semi-autonomously so the details are up to each region.
Barcelona seems very anti tourist. Costa del sol still seems ok. I've been watching Canaries, there it seems like almost impossible to get a license and up to 300k fine for illegal short term letting.
Barcelona and Sitges attract lots of tourists and city workers internationally, Valencia also attracts national tourism. Prices change depending on the neighbourhood and square metres you buy and if it´s a very touristic area or for local people.
Airbnb is regulated and in some buildings the community of people living there agree against it and you may not be able to rent your flat to tourists as it will go against the community.
The contract agreement works different to UK, when you make a deal and place a deposit in advance they must sell the property to you,if they dont then they must return x 2 the deposit. It´s called "contrato de arras".
They aren´t as expensive as in UK.
Good luck, send me a message if you want to know more or need help to find info about neighbourhoods etc.
Barcelona is anti AirBnB not anti tourist. The AirBnB secondary market is pushing purchase prices up beyond the reach of many locals (sounds familiar) and then adds dramatically to the tourist traffic to an unsustainable point. The region has passed laws against the AirBnB model but I understand they are in the Appeals stage. See Becky's comments above.
Property buying is really easy but again as Becky points out, be sure you're sure before you pay your deposit. In effect there's no getting it back if you change your mind. Obviously consult a lawyer and remember you will need a cash sum to pay the Notary's charge, which is a bit like Stamp duty. Lastly depending on your age, check your Capital Gains liability, and check the current tax situation for non-EU owners (assuming Brexit goes through in some form).
Hi- I have a home (for sale as I've moved abroad) in Southern Spain and have a friend with 2 investment flats in Barcelona (which she tried to AirBnB but failed as that region is more difficult to do so).
Please PM me if you want to discuss in more detail. I would stay away from Barcelona and Sitges if you want to go the AirBnB route as getting the tourism license is a nightmare there.


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Mrs Jones The Baker is a new high-end bakery which opened in late 2015. Clients Lucy & Barry Jones employed Love & Chaos to design their branding which features on the shopfront and in all print & web collateral, including business cards, letterhead, stickers for packaging and signage within the shop on all the delicious goodies. We know Freshwater will have people queueing for miles to buy MJTB's breads, cakes and pastries and coffee!


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Emma Gonzalez and the Profound Power of Silence in a Speech
Wherever you stand on the issue of guns, it's hard to deny the power of Emma Gonzalez's short speech at the "March for Our Lives" rally last weekend.
As many have remarked, it wasn't just the things she said, but the long, dark empty space she left between the words.
And with nothing but the greatest respect for the solemnity of the occasion, her discipline in maintaining that silence points to an important issue that many everyday presenters (most of them many years her senior) struggle with.
But first, about that silence.
Four Long Minutes of Silence
For more than four minutes she held the stage in complete silence. It was unsettling and confusing, but ultimately inspiring and compelling. Here's a version of the speech that NBC abbreviated:
They included just 40 seconds or so of the silence, and it already feels long. CNN has the full, un-cut version here.
It feels like an eternity, and yet it wasn't as long as the hot takes suggested. As Gonzalez herself clarified, "imagine how long it would have felt if it actually was 6 minutes:"
Real Quick: my speech today was abt 6 mins & 30 secs, including both my speech and my silence. The fact that people think the silence was 6 minutes… imagine how long it would have felt if it actually was 6 minutes, or how it would feel if you had to hide during that silence
— Emma González (@Emma4Change) March 25, 2018
Nature Abhors a Vacuum
It's fascinating to watch the crowd dynamic. Unsure of what was happening or what to do, the audience occasionally tries to fill the void. As a Washington Post writer put it, "[S]ome people started to chant, or applaud, perhaps because the rule in this society seems to be that if there is a vacuum of noise, someone has to make some."
That's exactly it. Nature abhors a vacuum. There's a reason it's called an "awkward silence" or a "pregnant pause." Silence is discomfiting, especially in an age of sensory bombardment, where we can barely find a quiet moment in a library these days.
Here's the Lesson for Presenters
I was working with an executive a couple of years ago and we identified a critical point in his speech where a pause would increase its impact. Why pause? Among other benefits, it allows your point to land and the audience to absorb it. It signals, "This is important! Pay attention!"
In rehearsal the night before his big speech he blew right through the pause we planned. Afterwards I asked him, "What happened to the pause?" And he was surprised because in his mind he did pause.
But it wasn't nearly long enough. What felt like an eternity to him on stage went by in a blink for the audience. But he rushed through it because he was feeling what the people at the protest were feeling — an embarrassing awkwardness.
Get Comfortable With Silence
This is what advanced speakers are capable of doing. They develop such mastery of their content, such confidence in their delivery, such ownership of the stage, that they are able to achieve a seemingly effortless fluidity and forward momentum.
But then, every once in a while, they bring it all to a halt, in a powerful way that demands attention.
Of course, the silence for speakers on "normal" occasions should be a few seconds, not minutes. Speakers should pause a little longer than feels comfortable, keeping in mind that the audience experiences the passage of time in a much different way.
It's not an easy thing to do, which makes this young person's masterful use of silence so inspiring. Along with, of course, the powerful words she expressed, too.
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Kelly Rowland - Dirty Laundry
Lucas Garrison
Artist: Kelly Rowland
Track: Dirty Laundry
Producer: The-Dream
Album: Talk a Good Game
I am an expert on Dirty Laundry. No not that kind; I mean literal dirty laundry. I haven't done a wash in about two weeks, and most of my clothes are on the floor as opposed to the hamper or the closet. If you're interested in the other kind of Dirty Laundry, I refer you to Kelly Rowland's latest single. The former Destiny's Child songstress gets brutally honest over a dark, piano-driven beat by The-Dream (who also penned the record). Sharing your troubles with the world can't be easy, but Kelly shows no fear, turning in a powerful, passionate vocal performance. Dirty Laundry will appear on Rowland's forthcoming album, Talk a Good Game, due out June 18.
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Teachers union thwarts tenure reform attempt
July 19, 2017 By Chris Reed 4 Comments
The clout of the California Teachers Association was on full display last week when a bill by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, to reform a tenure law that can give lifetime job protections to teachers 18 months into their careers was abruptly withdrawn.
Since her election in 2012, Weber, a former school board president and college professor, has prodded her fellow Democratic lawmakers to not accept the California education status quo. Weber wants to make tenure rules more rigorous and like those in other states, to ensure the Local Control Funding Formula actually does what it was promised to do and helps English-language learners, and to seek state standards that make it easy to gauge whether schools are helping struggling minority students.
But Weber's push for significant reforms have either been killed in the Legislature or by Gov. Jerry Brown's veto pen.
Her latest reform measure, Assembly Bill 1220, would have delayed tenure decisions until a teacher's third year on the job, but would have allowed marginal teachers additional time to establish their worthiness for tenure in a fourth year, and, in limited circumstances, a fifth year. Weber's bill included a provision intended to make districts put more of an emphasis on professional development of marginal teachers.
The measure won early approvals and initially appeared relatively uncontroversial, with only five Assembly members opposing it in a preliminary June 1 vote. Weber supporters saw the provisions emphasizing helping struggling teachers as a valuable way to reassure teachers unions that the bill wasn't an exercise in teacher or union bashing.
But later in June, the Assembly Appropriations Committee shaved off the fourth and fifth year tenure consideration provisions – without consulting Weber. Then, on July 6, Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, gutted and amended AB1164, a bill he had introduced about foster care policies, so it offered an alternative to Weber's bill. Thurmond's version would in some cases allow struggling teachers to win tenure consideration after a third year.
The bill was knocked by reformers as unnecessarily complex and inferior to Weber's. But its prime supporter – the CTA – quickly rounded up such support that Weber last week chose to withdraw her bill in hopes it could be revived in 2018.
Thurmond then withdrew his bill, suggesting it was only introduced as a way to block Weber and her proposal. Both are members of the California Legislative Black Caucus.
CTA expected to back lawmaker who thwarted bill
The EdSource website connected the maneuvering to Thurmond's plan to run for state superintendent of public instruction in 2018 when incumbent Tom Torlakson is termed out. That's because the CTA has already sent signals it will endorse Thurmond, who has established his pro-teacher union bona fides with such measures as proposing that teachers be given subsidized housing.
The CTA's strong and early support of Torlakson was key to the low-profile Bay Area state lawmaker winning the superintendent's job in 2010 after finishing second in the primary, and to his narrow 2014 win over fellow Democrat Marshall Tuck, a Los Angeles charter school advocate with backing from school reform groups.
Tuck has already announced he will seek the job again in 2018.
This article was originally published by CalWatchdog.com
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: California Teachers Association, CTA, education reform, Shirley Weber, Teacher tenure
Should felons be allowed to vote from behind jail bars?
July 15, 2016 By Patrick McGreevy 1 Comment
As reported by the Los Angeles Times:
Thousands of felons serving time in county jails would be allowed to vote in California elections from behind bars under a bill moving swiftly through the state Legislature despite widespread opposition from law enforcement officials.
Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) introduced the measure with an aim that providing convicts the right to vote will give them a better sense of belonging to society and possibly reduce their chances of committing new crimes when released.
"Civic participation can be a critical component of re-entry and has been linked to reduced recidivism," Weber told her colleagues during a recent heated floor debate on the bill.
But police chiefs and sheriffs throughout California say the proposal that passed narrowly in the state Assembly undermines a longstanding social compact: those who commit a serious crime lose not only their freedom to live in society for a time but also their right to participate in democracy. …
Filed Under: Trending News Tagged With: Election, Felons, Jail, Law Enforcement, Prison, Shirley Weber, Vote
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Are Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale Still Dating?
Bre Williams
Earlier this year, Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale garnered attention by showcasing their casual relationship as much as they could
Pete Davidson (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) | Kate Beckinsale (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for InStyle)
From hanging out together at A-list parties to attending comedy shows, this celebrity couple made it seem like their relationship was definitely going somewhere.
But recently, Davidson and Beckinsale have gone weeks without spending time together and many are starting to believe that their romance has ran its course.
They are done with their casual romance
When Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson first started "dating," it was revealed that their relationship was strictly casual.
The couple first sparked romance rumors in January when they were spotted getting pretty cozy during the Golden Globes After Party.
After that, the two celebrities were seen hanging out together on multiple occasions and their attraction towards each other was inevitable.
Though they looked to be a couple, sources revealed that the two celebrities just enjoyed each other's company and didn't see a point in labeling their relationship.
Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson were just having a good time together, but their casual romance didn't seem to last very long.
As it turns out, the two celebrities haven't been seen together in weeks and many have suspected that things between them came to an end.
Pete and Kate are still friends
A source close to the couple recently confirmed that Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale's whirlwind romance is now over, but they still remain on good terms.
"They're still friendly but are not on romantic terms," a source told Entertainment Tonight.
This news comes after other sources revealed that the couple "decided to slow things down" after they rushed into a relationship.
The couple, who was known for showcasing their romance in public, haven't been seen together since March. Beckinsale and Davidson were spotted eating out at a restaurant in Malibu with her parents and were later seen making out in the back of a car.
A few days later, the actress sat down with the Los Angeles Times to share what it is like dating someone like Davidson.
"I'm surprised by the interest. I've never been in this position before—never dated anybody who comes with their own bag of mischief. It's all quite shocking, and something to get used to," she said. "I think if you liked the person less, you would bow out of it. If that were the main thrust of the relationship, there would be a problem. But it's not."
Earlier that month, Pete Davidson used his SNL comedic chops to make a joke about his relationship with Beckinsale.
"Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Apparently, people have a crazy fascination with our age difference," Davidson said. "It doesn't really bother us. But then again, I'm new to this so if you have questions about relationships with a big age difference, just ask Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason Statham, Michael Douglas, Richard Gere…"
It has not been revealed when Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale decided to go their separate ways, but sources have confirmed that the former couple still keeps in touch.


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Madrid has a character and charm that you will find hard to forget. It is an open and accessible destination, has a population of just over three million, which makes it amongst the 4th largest cities in Europe. The city has a number of fiestas during the year, where locals from various districts try to outdo each other in their celebrations.
Madrid's warm climate makes it a great place to visit throughout the year, and whenever you chose to go you can be assured of a lively and exciting visit.
The city's most historic square, the Plaza Mayor, is enclosed by arcades sheltering a variety of craft shops, restaurants and tapas bars. It was completed in 1617 during the reign of Philip III. The popular centre of Madrid is the famous square, the Puerta del Sol, the main shopping district and hub of the city's nightlife. The city has countless bars and restaurants that will keep you occupied well into the early hours and no trip to Madrid is complete without checking out one of the city's many lively clubs. You might even get lucky and spot Posh and Becks on one of their shopping sprees.
The JAG Travel Madrid Survival Guide provides all the essential information you need. Remember to check it out before any trip.
One of the worlds most famous museums, housing works by the great Spanish masters. Make sure you check out Goya's Pinturas Negra painted apparently after he went mad.
This museum is the home of Spain's more contemporary artists including Picasso, Miro and Dali. The world famous 'Guernica' is housed here and is an absolute must.
This magnificent piece of architecture is no longer home to Spain's Royal family, but still hosts some state occasions. It is now open to the public and has spectacular gardens, has to be seen.
This market is open at the weekend and sells everything from Real Madrid football shirts to hand made pottery.


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Croplands: our global share is shrinking
29th August 2020 | Dr Brad Ridoutt
Croplands are a valuable yet scarce natural resource. To guard against serious and potentially irreversible environmental harm, croplands should not extend beyond 15 percent of the earth's ice-free surface. As croplands are mainly used for food production, it's important to ask whether our diets are biting off more than our fair share.
In recent research, we looked at the cropland footprints of the diets of more than 9000 Australian adults, involving more than 5000 foods. We found if everyone ate like the average Australian, the 15 percent limit on the area for global croplands would be exceeded, albeit modestly. Reducing our intake of discretionary foods such as cakes, biscuits, pizza and hot chips is the best way to make our diets more sustainable.
"Sometimes foods" should be just that if we want to reduce our cropland footprint.
The average Australian diet
Ploughing new lands for crop production entails the loss of forest and grassland, which can threaten biodiversity through habitat loss, and disturb water and nutrient cycles through changes in drainage and fertiliser use. Croplands are used to grow cereals such as wheat. They are also used to grow fruits and vegetables, nuts, oilseeds and legumes. Perhaps less obviously, crops are used to feed livestock and in aquaculture.
In landmark research in 2009, scientists proposed the idea of "planetary boundaries" to mark the thresholds for our use of the environment, such as croplands. If global croplands are to occupy no more than 15 percent of the ice-free land surface, as they proposed, the total area cannot extend beyond about 2 billion hectares. It's difficult to know for sure, but it's likely the world is already approaching this boundary, or even marginally exceeding it.
With today's global population of around 7.8 billion, this limit means the requirements of an individual's daily diet should not exceed more than 7 square metres of cropland. Our research found that on average, Australian adult diets slightly exceed this amount, requiring 7.1 square metres per day. However, the world's population is rapidly increasing and is expected to surpass 8.5 billion by 2030. At 9 billion, the global share of croplands shrinks to around 6.1 square metres per person per day.
Beer and chips might hit the spot, but they both require lots of cropland to produce.
Eating beyond the boundary
The good news is that Australian dietary habits vary enormously. Already, many Australians are eating well and within the global cropland boundary. Australians with healthier diets and lower cropland footprints required only 4.2 square metres per day.
These lower footprint diets were distinguished by much lower consumption of discretionary foods. These are energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods high in saturated fat, added sugars, added salt, and alcohol — ingredients associated with foods with high-crop use.
For example, potato chips are made from potato and vegetable oil, both of which require cropland. Even beer depends on cropland, using barley and hops in its production. Processed foods also often use a surprising amount of cropland. An apple might weigh 100 grams, but a small glass of apple juice might use 400 grams of apples.
Along with reducing food waste, reducing the intake of discretionary foods is the most important action we can take to make out diets healthier and more sustainable. These discretionary foods also tend to lead to the over-consumption of energy due to their high energy density, which is not just a problem for the environment, but also our waistlines.
According to the Australian Dietary Guidelines, most Australian's consume too many discretionary foods instead of choosing foods from the five food groups: grains, vegetables and legumes, fruits, dairy products and meats.
Chickens might be small, but their cropland footprint is larger than beef.
Animal-sourced foods
Following discretionary foods, the second largest contribution to the cropland footprint is from the "fresh meat and alternatives" food group. This food group includes eggs, nuts and legumes and is an important source of protein and nutrients. In this food group, wild-caught seafood and game meats had no associated cropland use. Also at the lower end of the scale were tofu and pulses like chickpeas (0.17 and 0.18 square metres per serving).
Lamb and beef had moderate cropland footprints (0.64 and 0.82 square metres per serving respectively). That's because in Australia, sheep and cattle mostly graze on grasslands. But livestock have higher cropland footprints when they're fed with crop-based feed such as cereals, soybeans and oilseed meals. This includes aquaculture salmon (0.70 square metres per serving), chicken (1.62 square metres per serving) and pork (2.21 square metres per serving). Eggs require 0.98 square metres of cropland per serving.
Aim for a healthy, balanced diet high in veg and plant protein and light on pork and poultry.
If Australians follow the Australian Dietary Guidelines, it is possible to eat within the global cropland boundary and there is flexibility to enjoy a variety of foods in the "fresh meats and alternatives" food group. However, the guidelines don't specify how much poultry or pork should be eaten, which becomes an issue if these meats make up a big part of a diet. Diets compliant with the Australian Dietary Guidelines that were within the global cropland boundary contained more seafood, beef, lamb and vegetarian food.
It's also important to note croplands across Australia and the world are not equally productive. To provide a measure of resource use, we calculated cropland footprints taking both area occupied and productive potential into account. In Australia, average wheat yields are typically below 2 metric tons per hectare. Compare this to northern Europe, where wheat yields of between 6 to 10 metric tons per hectare are common.
In any case, sticking to a healthier diet as described in the dietary guidelines, with moderate intake of cropland-intensive poultry and pork, is the best way to ensure you're eating within sustainable cropland boundaries. Otherwise there just won't be enough food to go around.
This article was originally published by The Conversation. Dr Brad Ridoutt is a Principal Research Scientist with Australia's national science agency – the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
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Q: How to Convert RFC-1123 date-time formatter, to local time I am getting the date-time Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:59:00 GMT in this RFC 1123 format in my Android app. I need to convert to local time.

A: DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME
The java.time classes can directly parse/generate strings in the RFC 1123 via the DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME constant.
ZonedDateTime zdt =
    ZonedDateTime.parse(
        "Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:59:00 GMT" ,
        DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME
    )
;

From there, adjust into your desired time zone.
ZoneId z = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" );  // Or "Asia/Kolkata", etc.
ZonedDateTime zdtMontreal = zdt.withZoneSameInstant( z );

FYI, that RFC 1123 format is terrible, and is outdated nowadays. The format's problems include: assumes English, difficult to parse, and uses the 3-4 letter zone abbreviations that are not real time zones, not standardized, and are not even unique(!). Instead:

*

*Specify time zones using proper IANA-defined time zones.

*Serialize to text using standard ISO 8601 formats.The java.time classes use these formats by default when parsing/generating textual representations of date-time values.

Search Stack Overflow for more information about adjusting time zones and generating Strings of date-time values.

About java.time
The java.time framework is built into Java 8 and later. These classes supplant the troublesome old legacy date-time classes such as java.util.Date, Calendar, & SimpleDateFormat.
The Joda-Time project, now in maintenance mode, advises migration to the java.time classes.
To learn more, see the Oracle Tutorial. And search Stack Overflow for many examples and explanations. Specification is JSR 310.
You may exchange java.time objects directly with your database. Use a JDBC driver compliant with JDBC 4.2 or later. No need for strings, no need for java.sql.* classes.
Where to obtain the java.time classes?

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*Java SE 8, Java SE 9, Java SE 10, Java SE 11, and later  - Part of the standard Java API with a bundled implementation.

*Java 9 adds some minor features and fixes.

*Java SE 6 and Java SE 7

*Most of the java.time functionality is back-ported to Java 6 & 7 in ThreeTen-Backport.

*Android

*Later versions of Android bundle implementations of the java.time classes.

*For earlier Android (<26), the ThreeTenABP project adapts ThreeTen-Backport (mentioned above). See How to use ThreeTenABP….

The ThreeTen-Extra project extends java.time with additional classes. This project is a proving ground for possible future additions to java.time. You may find some useful classes here such as Interval, YearWeek, YearQuarter, and more.


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Q: Difference between pandas rolling_std and np.std on a window of an array I have some problems regarding the rolling_std function of pandas.stats.moments.
Strangely I get different results using this functionality compared to the numpy.std function applied to a rolling window over an array.
here is the code to reproduce this error:
# import the modules
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

# define timeseries and sliding window size
timeseries = np.arange(10)
periods = 4

# output of different results
pd.stats.moments.rolling_std(timeseries, periods)
[np.std(timeseries[max(i-periods+1,0):i+1]) for i in np.arange(10)]

Yielding:
#pandas
array([        nan,         nan,         nan,  1.29099445,  1.29099445,
    1.29099445,  1.29099445,  1.29099445,  1.29099445,  1.29099445])
#numpy
[0.0, 0.5, 0.81649658092772603, 1.1180339887498949, 1.1180339887498949, 1.1180339887498949, 1.1180339887498949, 1.1180339887498949, 1.1180339887498949, 1.1180339887498949]

If I calculate this by hand the numpy results seems to be correct. Has anyone encountered this before or has an explanation?

A: Pandas' rolling_std is computed using default delta degrees of freedom, ddof, equal to 1, being more like R in that aspect. While default ddof for numpy's std is 0. You will get the equivalent results while specifying ddof=1 for np.std
>>> [np.std(timeseries[max(i-periods+1,0):i+1], ddof=1) for i in np.arange(10)]
[nan, 0.70710678118654757, 1.0, 1.2909944487358056, 1.2909944487358056, 1.2909944487358056, 1.2909944487358056, 1.29099444873580
56, 1.2909944487358056, 1.2909944487358056]

Or ddof=0 for rolling_std:
>>> pd.stats.moments.rolling_std(timeseries, periods, ddof=0)
array([        nan,         nan,         nan,  1.11803399,  1.11803399,
        1.11803399,  1.11803399,  1.11803399,  1.11803399,  1.11803399])


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Malone Hall upgrades are in the works
October 4, 2018 October 4, 2018 News
Asem Abdelfattah
The Student Government Association (SGA) is working along with Troy administration on improving school facilities, particularly Malone Hall, which many students believe is in need of renovation.
Gus McKenzie, a senior communication major from Monroeville and SGA president, said students' complaints on a social media platform motivated him to act on improving school facilities.
"I saw students complain about Malone Hall's conditions on the 'Troy Students' Facebook group, and that kind of stuck with me," McKenzie said. "Dr. Dasinger (Senior Vice Chancellor Hank Dasinger) and I were in a meeting when we decided to get up and go there to see for ourselves.
"We found some structural issues like lighting, stairwells, restrooms in poor conditions and safety issues like washing stations in art rooms."
The Facebook post was added on Sept. 4 and has 76 reactions and 10 comments.
Ivey Vinson, a senior art major from Clanton, expressed her dismay at the cleanliness of the floors in the painting room.
"For starters, maybe someone could actually wash the floor in the painting room," Vinson said. "Has it ever been cleaned?"
Clarion Jones, a senior graphic design major from Opelika, said there could be a reason why Malone Hall seems to be neglected.
"I don't think they want to do much to (Malone Hall) because art is messy, and having an older building means less rules," Jones said. "There is a lot of serious problems that need to be addressed in (Malone Hall), as far as safety and appearance go, making the art people look neglected."
McKenzie added "to (his) knowledge," improvements to the art building have already started.
"The Physical Plant has already started updating bathrooms and adding lighting," McKenzie said. "We are also in the process of gathering a panel of art students to get their feedback and suggestions and go with it to the Physical Plant.
"It is my goal to have adequate facilities for all departments, and this is one step towards that goal."
McKenzie also shared about the administration's plan to add water dispensers to Veterans Memorial Stadium.
"We are working with athletics to provide water at the next football game against Georgia State," McKenzie said. "The university plans to add permanent 125-gallon water dispensers for future games, Special Olympics and other events.
"I think this is very important for the safety and hydration of Trojan fans and everyone at the stadium."
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Q: Unable to create a Basic Authentication using RestKit with base 64 encoding I am trying to make Basic authentication and once I get the token, I will need to use base 64 encoding(For the encoding,I checked the new Data method for IOS7, but I won't be able to use it since it is IOS 7 only). So far, I was able to create a unsuccessful request based on this question base on a question Link to question. Thus, I was unable to get the token.
Question
What is the practical way to do basic authentication and then use base 64 enconding with RestKit?
App overview
In my Login screen I ask only for the username and once the user logs in, I send a POST request to server to create account. In the same method, I create another Get request with different URL for Basic Authentication.
This is what the authentication data looks like:
{
  "Id": "255ab054",
  "TokenValidity": "00:00:00.1234567",
  "ValidTo": "2013-10-24T21:30:28.3295551+00:00",
  "Parameters": {},
  "Token": "sample string 3"
}

AccountClass.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface AccountsClass : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, strong,retain)NSString *DeviceType;
@property (nonatomic,strong)NSNumber *AccountId;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSString *NickName;
@property (nonatomic,strong) NSNumber *HardwareId;
@end

LoginViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface LoginViewController : UIViewController<UITextFieldDelegate>
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *usernameTextField;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *submitButton;
@property (nonatomic,readonly) NSUUID *identifierForVendor;
@property(nonatomic, readonly, retain) NSString *model;
@property (nonatomic,readonly,retain)NSString *StoreIdentifierForVendor;
@property (nonatomic,readonly,retain)NSString *StoreTheModel;
- (IBAction)submit:(id)sender;
@property (nonatomic,strong)NSString *nickname;
@end

and then in LoginViewController.m, this is how I try to get the token:
[manager postObject:AccountInfo path:@"/Acounts/Tokn" parameters:nil success:nil failure:nil];
    [manager.HTTPClient setAuthorizationHeaderWithUsername:@"NickName" password:@"HardwareId"];

to get the token(Which I believe, I am doing totally wrong.)
and finally this is the method that I am using in
LoginViewController.m
-(void)loadPostRequest
{
    _StoreIdentifierForVendor = [[[UIDevice currentDevice]identifierForVendor]UUIDString];
    _StoreTheModel = [UIDevice currentDevice].model;
    _nickname = usernameTextField.text;
     AccountsClass *AccountInfo = [[AccountsClass alloc] init];
    AccountInfo.NickName = _nickname;
    AccountInfo.HardwareId =[[[UIDevice currentDevice]identifierForVendor]UUIDString];
    AccountInfo.DeviceType =[UIDevice currentDevice].model;

      RKObjectMapping *responseMapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[AccountsClass class]];
      [responseMapping addAttributeMappingsFromArray:@[@"NickName", @"HardwareId", @"DeviceType",@"AccountId"]];

    NSIndexSet *statusCodes = RKStatusCodeIndexSetForClass(RKStatusCodeClassSuccessful); // Anything in 2xx
    RKResponseDescriptor *AccountDescriptor = [RKResponseDescriptor responseDescriptorWithMapping:responseMapping method:RKRequestMethodAny pathPattern:nil keyPath:nil statusCodes:statusCodes];

    RKObjectMapping *requestMapping = [RKObjectMapping requestMapping]; // objectClass == NSMutableDictionary
    [requestMapping addAttributeMappingsFromArray:@[@"NickName", @"HardwareId", @"DeviceType",@"AccountId"]];
    RKRequestDescriptor *requestDescriptor = [RKRequestDescriptor requestDescriptorWithMapping:requestMapping objectClass:[AccountInfo class] rootKeyPath:nil method:RKRequestMethodAny];

      // First request is for to create the account using @"/Accounts" extension.
    RKObjectManager *manager = [RKObjectManager managerWithBaseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net"]];
                                [manager addRequestDescriptor:requestDescriptor];
                                [manager addResponseDescriptor:AccountDescriptor];
                                // POST to create
                                [manager postObject:AccountInfo path:@"/Acounts" parameters:nil success:nil failure:nil];
    //And this is how I try to get the token
  [manager getObjectsAtPath:@"http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn" parameters:nil success:nil failure:nil];
[manager.HTTPClient setAuthorizationHeaderWithUsername:@"NickName" password:@"HardwareId"];
}

This is what I get in the console:
2013-10-24 23:17:40.259 GuessTheImage[6603:70b] I restkit:RKLog.m:33 RestKit logging initialized...
2013-10-24 23:17:51.837 GuessTheImage[6603:70b] LoginViewController - Submit Action
2013-10-24 23:17:51.913 GuessTheImage[6603:70b] I restkit.network:RKObjectRequestOperation.m:150 POST 'http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts'
2013-10-24 23:17:51.914 GuessTheImage[6603:70b] I restkit.network:RKObjectRequestOperation.m:150 GET 'http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn'
2013-10-24 23:17:52.187 GuessTheImage[6603:3d0b] E restkit.network:RKObjectRequestOperation.m:547 Object request failed: Underlying HTTP request operation failed with error: Error Domain=org.restkit.RestKit.ErrorDomain Code=-1011 "Expected status code in (200-299), got 401" UserInfo=0x8bc9160 {NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=, AFNetworkingOperationFailingURLRequestErrorKey=<NSMutableURLRequest: 0x8ba1b30> { URL: http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn }, NSErrorFailingURLKey=http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn, NSLocalizedDescription=Expected status code in (200-299), got 401, AFNetworkingOperationFailingURLResponseErrorKey=<NSHTTPURLResponse: 0x8bc7fe0> { URL: http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn } { status code: 401, headers {
    "Cache-Control" = "no-cache";
    "Content-Length" = 0;
    Date = "Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:17:52 GMT";
    Expires = "-1";
    Pragma = "no-cache";
    Server = "Microsoft-IIS/8.0";
    "Set-Cookie" = "ARRAffinity=9505e3b43afb653bbcf6f6ed272f61c2ad5ee56489dc485c1ec82f9dee0c39b7;Path=/;Domain=quizstage.azurewebsites.net, WAWebSiteSID=ac6f8d6c21cc4e4782c818ce8b7705a7; Path=/; HttpOnly";
    "Www-Authenticate" = "Basic Scheme='Quiz' location=http://{0}/Acount/Tokn";
    "X-AspNet-Version" = "4.0.30319";
    "X-Powered-By" = "ASP.NET, ARR/2.5, ASP.NET";
} }}
2013-10-24 23:17:52.197 GuessTheImage[6603:3d0b] E restkit.network:RKObjectRequestOperation.m:213 GET 'http://picquizstage.azurewebsites.net/Accounts/Token' (401 Unauthorized / 0 objects) [request=0.2724s mapping=0.0000s total=0.3571s]: Error Domain=org.restkit.RestKit.ErrorDomain Code=-1011 "Expected status code in (200-299), got 401" UserInfo=0x8bc9160 {NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=, AFNetworkingOperationFailingURLRequestErrorKey=<NSMutableURLRequest: 0x8ba1b30> { URL: http://picquizstage.azurewebsites.net/Accounts/Token }, NSErrorFailingURLKey=http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn, NSLocalizedDescription=Expected status code in (200-299), got 401, AFNetworkingOperationFailingURLResponseErrorKey=<NSHTTPURLResponse: 0x8bc7fe0> { URL: http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts/Tokn } { status code: 401, headers {
    "Cache-Control" = "no-cache";
    "Content-Length" = 0;
    Date = "Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:17:52 GMT";
    Expires = "-1";
    Pragma = "no-cache";
    Server = "Microsoft-IIS/8.0";
    "Set-Cookie" = "ARRAffinity=9505e3b43afb653bbcf6f6ed272f61c2ad5ee56489dc485c1ec82f9dee0c39b7;Path=/;Domain=quizstage.azurewebsites.net, WAWebSiteSID=ac6f8d6c21cc4e4782c818ce8b7705a7; Path=/; HttpOnly";
    "Www-Authenticate" = "Basic Scheme='Quiz' location=http://{0}/Acount/Tokn";
    "X-AspNet-Version" = "4.0.30319";
    "X-Powered-By" = "ASP.NET, ARR/2.5, ASP.NET";
} }}
2013-10-24 23:17:52.236 GuessTheImage[6603:3e07] I restkit.network:RKObjectRequestOperation.m:220 POST 'http://quizstage.azurewebsites.net/Acounts' (201 Created / 1 objects) [request=0.3213s mapping=0.0014s total=0.4041s]

I read can map data using RestKit(without authentication), but I am pretty making API calls with authentication. I appreciate for the help.

A: Are you sure you're going to make a POST request which returns 404? It should be defined by your server whether GET or POST should be used.


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Strategy » Technology
Microsoft and McKinsey join forces to accelerate decarbonisation
Technology giant Microsoft and consulting firm McKinsey have joined forces to release an all-in-one sustainability data analysis and decarbonisation planning platform.
14 September 2022, 07:45 Updated: 14 September 2022, 14:31
The partners' will integrate Microsoft's cloud-based software with McKinsey's decarbonisation consulting experience.
Greater insights into carbon emissions make it easier for companies to track their progress against decarbonisation targets, but external factors remain impossible to predict.
If such solutions maintain their trend, there is a risk that corporations may be distracted from progressing to the real-time implementation and execution of emissions reduction strategies.
According to Microsoft (NMS:MSFT) and McKinsey, companies struggle to achieve their net zero commitments due, in part, to a lack of targeted management expertise and data management technologies.
Aiming to address these gaps, they have formed a technological collaboration that combines their strengths to facilitate end-to-end decarbonisation planning, monitoring and execution.
"Urgent and decisive action to curtail emissions is needed if we are to reach net zero by 2050," says Tomas Nauclér, senior partner at McKinsey and global co-lead of McKinsey Sustainability.
"By combining our tech and sustainability expertise and experience, Microsoft and McKinsey will help businesses accurately and swiftly measure and reduce their overall carbon footprint," he adds.
Microsoft and McKinsey solution integrates fundamentals of management consulting and data intelligence
Microsoft and McKinsey's latest announcements build on their prior collaborations, which they claim have helped clients in managing their transformation risks, modifying their business processes and digitalising their operations.
The new solution combines the capabilities of two existing products – Microsoft Sustainability Manager, a sustainability data intelligence platform, and McKinsey's Catalyst Zero, a software for planning, executing, monitoring and reporting on decarbonisation initiatives.
By integrating their respective technologies, the partners will provide clients with the ability to combine, automate and scale their sustainability-related data collection while receiving expert guidance on potential emissions reduction strategies.
A continuous data feed between Sustainability Manager and Catalyst Zero will help users in completing the execution phase of their decarbonisation process, as it will allow companies to track ongoing performance relative to targets set.
The data can also be compared against baseline emissions, as quantified by multiples of emission factors, from more than 70 industries. Clients can use these insights to manage their decarbonisation initiatives at a granular level, tracked via a company-specific Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC).
Competitive approaches aim to solve similar problems
Engie Impact the sustainability consulting division of French energy company Engie (PAR:ENGI), is among the numerous other consulting firms that are developing similar solutions to address the disconnect between corporate sustainability targets and execution.
This disconnect was highlighted by its Net Zero Corporate Readiness Survey (2021), which involved 400 global business leaders of companies with minimum revenue of $1 billion or over 10,000 employees.
The results of the survey indicated that the majority of companies were unprepared to meet their decarbonisation commitments, while further analysis of data from the carbon disclosure project (CDP) revealed 84% of companies have defined sustainability targets in place, but only 28% were on track to achieve them.
The main challenges identified by the survey included data transparency and accessibility, a lack of cross-organisational coordination of information relating to net zero targets, and a broad failure to factor decarbonisation into decision-making and governance processes.
Fellow consulting firm Deloitte, meanwhile, has developed its own decarbonisation solution, comprising a suite of mitigation and adaptation modules that help companies to develop a climate plan. It provides projections and scenario-building to enable long-term analysis of how different strategies are likely to play out.
Corporate decarbonisation more likely to depend on externalities and willingness to act
There are many developments that need to take place outside of a company's organisation that can have a substantial impact on their net zero plans, particularly for those that have included interim targets.
Examples of these external factors include the development of green energy capacity, the scaling of carbon sequestration technologies, the adoption of low-carbon circular economy practices, the role of regulatory policy and disclosure standards, and the decarbonisation of complex supply chains.
Economic factors will also play into corporate decarbonisation initiatives, potentially testing stakeholders' willingness to take action.
For example, producers of price-sensitive commodities such cement, steel, ammonia or ethylene, may see higher costs during the transition period. If these high costs are likely to cause economic imbalances, stakeholders may be more wary of losing out to global competitors in their industry.
Crises such as the emergence of a global pandemic like COVID-19, or geopolitical instability and disruption of energy supplies – as seen during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine – are further examples of externalities that pose challenges to corporate decarbonisation plans.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that we are running out of time to escape an unimaginable climate crisis. While technology and expert consultancy may have their role to play in helping companies on their road to net zero, there will always be unpredictable factors that have not been taken into account.
It is important that businesses have long-term strategies in place, and it is undoubtedly useful to have targets and monitoring capabilities through which performance can be tracked.
The risk, however, is that the ongoing development of new technologies and platforms does not become a short term distraction when the time frame for effective operational action remains short.
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Teachers speak out about class sizes, pay
by news March 22, 2011
DOWNTOWN — Members of the Santa Monica Malibu Classroom Teachers Association weighed in on a number of hot button topics in a partial set of survey results released by the union last week.
Over 400 teachers participated in the 30-question, unscientific survey, one-third of which was given to the Daily Press Friday. The straight results have not yet been given to either the Board of Education, nor the Superintendent's Office.
The 11 questions the Daily Press reviewed cover a variety of topics, including opinions on class sizes, the role of student test scores in teacher evaluations and what factors should be taken into account when deciding teacher salaries.
Teachers were given statements and then allowed to choose one of four responses: strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree and strongly disagree.
When asked about class sizes, which have been on the rise throughout the district, 88.6 percent of teachers agreed either strongly or somewhat that reducing class sizes would both improve working conditions and allow them to maximize student outcomes.
The vast majority of teachers also named reducing class sizes as their top priority in improving their working conditions, with 72.8 percent strongly agreeing. Only 3.7 percent disagreed to any degree with that statement.
Student performance on standardized tests received increasing attention as a way to measure a teacher's effectiveness, particularly after the 2002 passage of No Child Left Behind, which required states to create assessments to measure student achievement in order to receive federal funding.
According to the survey results, almost 72 percent of teachers felt it was important to increase student achievement on standardized tests.
On the other hand, only 50.5 percent believed that test scores should be a part of a teacher's evaluation, while 62.6 percent disagreed with the notion of linking test scores to the models used to determine teacher pay.
At present, test scores are only one component of a teacher's evaluation, said Superintendent Tim Cuneo.
"It's not weighted like the discussions you hear now on the national or state level," he said.
Margo Pensavalle, a professor of clinical education at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, noted that test scores are indicators primarily about the student, not just about the teacher.
"The goal for test scores is to help us understand what students are achieving and what outcomes we have for learning," she said. "It's important to stay focused on the student."
The scores should be envisioned as a package of data put together for students, and considered alongside a myriad of other components when considering how a teacher's effectiveness is impacting student learning, she said.
Effective teachers are created by instructional leaders on a site level, Pensavalle said.
"We look so myopically at the test scores because principals are so busy they don't get into the classrooms to see how teachers are doing," Pensavalle said.
Questions included in the survey concerning the importance of supportive site administrators and the need for site-based professional development both garnered over 90 percent support amongst teachers.
In questions concerning compensation, teachers overwhelmingly stated that they were directly impacted by the economic downturn, with over 90 percent agreeing either strongly or somewhat.
That comes in light of a 5.5 percent pay cut taken over the last two years.
Perhaps more telling, however, was that 49.1 percent of teachers told the SMMCTA that teacher pay would cause them to leave the profession sooner than they would otherwise prefer.
Teachers' union president Harry Keiley called that statistic "troubling."
"We know that a high turnover rate is not good for any organization," he said.
According to Keiley, a new teacher in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District makes $45,000 in base salary, with approximately $9,000 in benefits. Teachers who have been in the district 18 years can get up to $88,000 in base pay.
Neither the Board of Education nor Cuneo have seen the raw data at this point, although some of the responses have been read aloud at board meetings.
Keiley said that he hopes the results will help inform the discussion held with district officials as bargaining between the union and district moves forward.
"It gives us great insight," Keiley said. "There's an old saying, the last people asked about how to improve education and the schools is the teachers."
In general, the board looks forward to getting a chance to see the full context of the survey, said board president Jose Escarce.
"Understanding the teachers' perspectives is always good," Escarce said. "We have our own, and understanding when the teachers' preferences are in line with ours and when not is valuable."
Teachers and their union have a number of mechanisms to make their wants and desires known, Escarce said, particularly at the negotiating table.
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From the outset of The Endless Summer, it's hard to pinpoint what Bruce Brown's game is in following two California surfers (Mike Hynson and Robert August) on a world tour of then-unknown surfing hotspots. There's a stiffness to his narration that initially suggests a stoner mimicking one of those now-kitschy PSAs from the 1940s and '50s, but as he goes on, he inserts jokes and stresses enthusiasm for certain athletes, areas, women, and practices that denote sincerity. Then there's the film's score by the surf-rock band the Sandals, which comes on like the sessions of the Surfaris before they finally nailed "Wipe Out" or the lazy instrumentals Brian Wilson thought up when he was too blitzed to write coherently. These cliché tunes, however, begin to find a groove that matches the sight of legends like Miki Dora weaving around the waves in Malibu. Even the film, which begins with basic terminology and some choice shots of Dora, Butch Van Artsdalen, and other top athletes, makes a move from "Welcome to the Wonderful World of Surfing" to something that transcends its overtly didactic tone, quickly becoming wholly entertaining, interesting, and not without its moments of sheer sublimity.
The roots of both my original misconstrued notion of the film's tone and its eventual, immense likability stem from the film's perceived shallowness. Arriving in Dakar, Senegal from Los Angeles, Brown captures images of children covered in dirt and suggests, in his narration, an unwanted governmental intrusion that caused them to stay at the most expensive hotel available; similar children living in similar poverty are seen when the boys move onto Ghana, West Africa and Lagos. But just as Brown, who serves as director, writer, editor, and cinematographer on top of his narrating duties, never purports to investigate, let alone understand the sociological or spiritual implications of the sport, neither does he contrive to turn himself, Hynson or August into mouthpieces for a cause or to do much of anything but search for good breaks and beaches. It's the sort of focus that can so easily be tossed off as ignorant but Brown doesn't shy away from the images of these cultures, just finds more purpose and fascination in seeing the kids interact with August, Hynson, and the sport itself. In short, the filmmaker and his subjects never feign importance and the film feels all the more open and devoid of pretentions because of that.
When the boys move onto New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti, they encounter less instances that call for that sort of distancing but Brown finds other routes to bring out the nuance of his film. Brief asides with girls, cheesy skits, dune surfing, mishaps brought on by cultural displacement, and, especially, their meeting with an animal wrangler named Terrance. The sort of guy who sleeps in the same room as a basket of live cobras, Terrance agrees to drive them to Durban, South Africa when they have transport trouble and, later, nearly gets Hynson trampled and beat by a zebra. Of course, the film is most fascinating and engaging in its photography of those incredible feats of balance and athleticism when Hynson, August, and their colleagues catch the perfect wave but what distinguishes The Endless Summer from the travelogues it has inspired are those unforced, completely blissful moments where Brown just lets an unexpected occurrence play out. A slow-motion rickshaw ride Hynson and August take is a moment of pure, joyful, and humane humor.
Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, and a good amount of reality-television programming owe Brown back royalties and still haven't improved on the framework he refined here. We never hear Hynson or August speak, relegating the audio strictly to Brown's narration and the Sandals's score, and yet we completely understand their trajectory: They are chasing what they love, what they are dedicated to, and, like Brown, have great focus when it comes to their sport. Upon its release, the film made $20 million off its production budget of $50,000, opened the sport up to unknown droves of athletes, and encouraged an interest in searching out and embracing other cultures without fear. And though I can't justify agreeing with The New Yorker's claims of it being "a perfect movie" or, for that matter, a great one, there's no denying that the small crew behind The Endless Summer set out to do exactly what has been accomplished on screen, and what is on screen gravitates toward and then eventually luxuriates in genuine bliss.
Shot on 16mm cameras some 45 years or so ago, The Endless Summer has been remastered digitally for this Director's Special Edition and looks far superior to the prior edition released in 2000. The colors are clearer and brighter and the film has a fine, detailed texture to it. There are problems with blacks and certain shots that have suffered but this looks to be more of a problem with the print than with the work of the team at Monterey Video. Audio is similarly clear with Bruce Brown's narration hovering over the woozy surf-rock score with very little complaint as far as balance goes.
There's a good portion of extras here but very little that adds anything to the package. The biggest supplement is a 40-minute documentary that mixes footage from the film with recent interviews with Brown and his son concerning both the making of the film and Brown's life. It's nice to see Brown shoot a potato/lemon canon, but it adds very little to a film that needs nothing added to it. Also included are biographies for the main cast and crew, a timeline of Brown's life, poster artwork from around the world, the famous poster itself, eBridge features, and a short featurette on the influence of the movie that is completely useless.
True to its title, The Endless Summer exudes a blissful, mellow buzz that could easily be misconstrued as lazy or innocuous filmmaking.


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Lennart Klas Valdemar Klingström (18 April 1916 – 5 July 1994) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Klingström also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 4×500 m: 1948, 1950; K-4 1000 m: 1948) and a silver (K-1 500 m: 1950).

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1916 births
1994 deaths
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists of Sweden
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Swedish male canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics