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Sugar Valley Rural Charter School » About Us » The School Charter » Needs Assessment
The School Charter Plan:
5. NEEDS ASSESSMENT
5.1. Statement of Need
5.2. School Demographics
5.3. District Relations
Reference: SVRCS Development and Support (Attachment D)
Since the closing of the Sugar Valley Area School's secondary facilities, only three single facility K-12 programs still operate in Pennsylvania. The Sugar Valley Rural Charter School will serve a significant purpose in the life and culture of its rural community. It will provide a focal point for young and old to come together and continuity for shared experiences across generations. It will serve as a thread which weaves the community together and emerges as a tapestry for fulfilling the hopes and dreams for a better quality of life. A rural school unleashes the largest and best resource a community has - its young people and their energy. In addition to being a place for learning, the SVRCS will offer students a means to participate in the day to day development and improvement of their community.
It is appropriate and necessary that the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School:
1. Provide proven, sound methods of education resulting in zero dropouts;
2. Provide an educational program that results in high academic accomplishments and 100% post-secondary education continuation;
3. Provide a rural, community-oriented lifelong learning center;
4. Provide parental control of children's education;
5. Provide parents and students an alternative to large, consolidated schools outside their community;
6. Provide close-knit family and school relationships that are lost when children move from school to school;
7. Eliminate extensive student busing which is not educationally productive; and
8. Place in the hands of parents, the means to eliminate juvenile delinquency and student drug and alcohol abuse.
Rural education throughout the United States has long been an object of discussion and debate. While nearly all educators champion small, rural, community-oriented schools as being the ideal educational environment for the majority of students, many administrators view these school as being inherently inefficient. The charter school concept, as it is applied to the SVRCS, will allow the preferred educational environment to be administered in the most efficient manner. The SVRCS will become a model for schools and communities far beyond the borders of the Commonwealth.
The SVRCS will be located in or near Loganton Borough which is a small municipality and part of Keystone Central School District. Situated in southern Clinton County, two townships and a small borough cover 72 square miles and combine to make up the larger Sugar Valley community. While the Pennsylvania State Data Center has classified the three municipalities as 100% rural, Sugar Valley is within 45 minutes driving time of major population centers at State College, Lewisburg and Williamsport. Since 1980, the population of Sugar Valley has increased 5.1% to approximately 2350 residents.
It is anticipated that during the first year of operation, the SVRCS will have an enrollment of 350 K-12 students. Approximately 200 will be elementary students and the remainder will be secondary students. With each year's advancement, elementary students will move into secondary grades so that after four years, enrollment will reach its highest level of 425 students. For the first year of operation, it is expected that the elementary classes will average 20 students, the academic secondary classes will average 15 students, the vo-tech classes will average 15 and the special education students, including gifted students, will number between 15 and 20.
5.3. District Relations/Evidence of Support
Early in the fall of 1996, a seven member Core Team was assembled to be responsible for the development of a charter for the SVRCS. Carla McElwain is a member of the KCSD Board of Directors and has been serving as "liaison" between the district and the Core Team. As such, she has attended all weekly meetings of the Core Team, several subcommittee meetings, all monthly meetings of the Sugar Valley Concerned Citizens and, of course, meetings of the KCSD. At least three other KCSD School Directors have attended meetings of the SVCC.
The Superintendent of KCSD was designated contact person for the district. He has attended charter school public meetings and information necessary for the establishment of the charter school has been readily provided by other district personnel. These include Paul LaRocque, Business Manager; Norma Miller, Personnel Secretary; Linda Miller, Curriculum Director; Ann Hendricks, Executive Secretary; and Kelly Hastings, Principal of Sugar Valley Elementary School. Invitations were sent to KCSD Board of Directors inviting them to a special meeting between the Core Team and Tim Daniels of the PA Department of Education.
The school district has embraced the concept of charter schools by applying for, and being awarded, a $15,000 grant from the Commonwealth. Numerous district employees have attended charter school seminars, participated in conferences and visited operating charter schools in other states.
Members of the SVCC and SVRCS Core Team attended KCSD Property Committee meetings to discuss the district's plans for renovations at the existing Sugar Valley School and how those plans could best support the conversion of the school to charter status. The Chairman of the Property Committee arranged for SVCC members to conduct a comprehensive facilities assessment at the existing school which was performed with full support of the district's Facilities Manager, Mr. Chip Laubscher.
The school district Superintendent and the President, Vice President and president-elect of the local teacher's union attended a meeting between SVRCS representatives and teachers who are currently employed at the existing Sugar Valley School. During the meeting, the entire group discussed charter school plans and numerous questions were asked and answered. Follow-up questions from the school's teachers and teaching assistants were documented and submitted to the SVRCS Core Team and written responses were provided to the teachers. Provisions for open dialogue between the SVCC and teachers have been made and a standing offer for scheduled or impromptu meetings between the two groups has been extended by SVRCS representatives.


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Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News August, 2013, page 28
Filed under: Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Media, PLN Litigation, Censorship. Location: Texas.
by Matt Clarke
In a rare litigation loss for Prison Legal News, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) censorship of books distributed by PLN.
PLN filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action in 2009 after the TDCJ prohibited prisoners from receiving certain books mailed by PLN. The banned books included Prison Masculinities, The Perpetual Prison Machine, Lockdown America, Soledad Brother and Women Behind Bars. [See: PLN, May 2010, p.8; Jan. 2010, p.38].
The TDCJ maintains a database of books which already have been mailed to Texas state prisoners; the database indicates whether the book was allowed or denied and, if denied, whether the denial was appealed. If a book is being denied for the first time or has previously been denied and the denial was not appealed, both the sender and intended recipient are notified and given an opportunity to appeal. If the denial was previously appealed, the sender is not notified and the recipient cannot appeal. The TDCJ's book database includes over 92,000 titles, of which more than 11,850 are banned.
When a book that is not in the database arrives at a TDCJ facility, one of the prison mail system's 500 employees is assigned to read the book to check for compliance with the TDCJ's rules and policies. If the book is found to be noncompliant – for example, it "contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through offender disruption such as strikes, riots or gang activity," or a "specific determination has been made the publication is detrimental to offenders' rehabilitation because it would encourage deviant criminal sexual behavior" – then the book is denied and both the sender and intended recipient are notified and informed they can appeal the denial. Mail room staff are "encouraged to 'err on the side of caution' and deny books they believe might be problematic."
However, the appeal of a book denial is merely a review by another TDCJ employee who is a member of the Director's Review Committee (DRC), to determine whether the denial conforms with TDCJ mail policies. The DRC member's decision is final.
The main issues in PLN's suit were whether a sender who mails an unsolicited book to a prisoner has a constitutional right to challenge the book's denial, and whether a sender who mails a prisoner a book that previously has been denied and unsuccessfully appealed has a right to individual notice of the denial and due process. The district court answered the former question in the negative in January 2011 when ruling on the defendants' motion for summary judgment, finding that the latter was not clearly established and the defendants were therefore entitled to qualified immunity. PLN appealed. [See: PLN, Aug. 2011, p.40].
The Court of Appeals first held that PLN has a First Amendment right to send books to prisoners who do not request them. The appellate court firmly rejected the defendants' assertion that publishers such as PLN have no right to send unsolicited mail to prisoners.
"PLN's interest in distributing books to TDCJ's inmates – which is precisely the type of interest at the core of First Amendment protections – is more than sufficient to support its standing to sue," the Court stated.
The Fifth Circuit also held that the seminal case of Guajardo v. Estelle, 580 F.2d 748 (5th Cir. 1978) is no longer controlling law for incoming mail sent to prisoners. Instead, such cases are controlled by the standard established in Turner v. Safley, which is more deferential to prison administrators. Therefore, the TDCJ's censorship policy would be upheld if it has a rational relationship to legitimate penological objectives.
The defendants claimed they had banned the books sent by PLN because two contained graphic depictions of prison rape, two included depictions of racial slurs or racist incidents in prisons and one (Soledad Brother) was allegedly used as a recruiting tool for a prison gang and "advocates the overthrow of prisons by riot and revolt." The last book, Women Behind Bars, by former PLN board member Silja J.A. Talvi, was no longer banned by the TDCJ at the time of the appellate court's ruling.
The Fifth Circuit found the reasons cited by the TDCJ were reasonably related to legitimate penological goals, whether or not the objectionable language in the books would actually result in problems within the prison system. The Court of Appeals also held that TDCJ prisoners had an alternative means of exercising their First Amendment rights because they could receive other books, some of which are critical of prisons; that the censorship policy was reasonably connected to prison security; that there were no easy alternatives to censoring the books that TDCJ officials found objectionable; and that inconsistencies in how the TDCJ applied its book censorship policy did not invalidate the policy.
PLN had argued, to no avail, that the TDCJ allows prisoners to receive other books that also contain objectionable content. For example, "PLN specifically contends that the rape scene in Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which appears in multiple literary compilations that have been approved by TDCJ, is just as graphic as the designated passages of Prison Masculinities and The Perpetual Prison Machine."
The Court of Appeals deferred to prison officials to make such distinctions, concluding, "PLN has, at most, demonstrated that reasonable minds might differ on whether to permit certain books into a general prison population, which is very different from demonstrating that TDCJ's practices and exclusion decisions bear no reasonable relation to valid penological objectives."
"TDCJ's book censorship is, frankly, bizarre," said PLN attorney Scott Medlock. "Certainly there are some books prisons could legitimately censor. TDCJ, however, allows prisoners to read some of those titles, while banning numerous important works of literature, history and politics."
Ironically, the TDCJ allows prisoners to receive books such as Hitler's Mein Kampf and Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevara, while at least one work concerning Shakespearean sonnets is banned.
Significantly, the Fifth Circuit held PLN has no right to receive notice that a book was denied or to appeal the denial if the book previously had been denied and that denial was appealed by another party. However, the Court of Appeals did note that, "[a]t least arguably, TDCJ's DRC-level procedures fall short of the traditional requirements of due process because they do not give the appellant, whether prisoner or the outsider, the right to participate in DRC's consideration of the appeal, even informally or through written submissions." But the adequacy of the DRC's appeal process had not been raised in the suit, so it did not affect the outcome of the case – which was that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity.
Accordingly, the district court's order of dismissal was affirmed. PLN was represented by attorneys Scott Medlock, James Harrington and Lauren Izzo with the Texas Civil Rights Project, and Michigan attorney Dan Manville. See: Prison Legal News v. Livingston, 683 F.3d 201 (5th Cir. 2012).
Additional source: www.texascivilrightsproject.org
Prison Legal News v. Livingston
An Innocent Man Speaks: PLN Interviews Jeff Deskovic
Report: BOP Fails to Monitor Effects, Conditions of Segregated Housing, by Derek Gilna
Supreme Court Holds Padilla Not Retroactive, by Derek Gilna
Sixth Circuit Addresses Spoliation Sanction Standard
Please Stop "Reforming" Pelican Bay, by Maya Schenwar
West Virginia Court-Supervised Parole and Condition Barring Association with Spouse Upheld
Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
Fourth Circuit: Sex Offender Registration Not "Custody" for Section 2254 Jurisdiction
Federal Court Rules Against Alabama DOC in Class-action HIV Discrimination Suit
Canadian Prisoners Receive $3.5 Million in Settlements, by Derek Gilna
HRDC Invited to Speak at Unprecedented FCC Workshop on Prison Phone Rates, by David Ganim
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ, by Matthew Clarke
Trial Held in Texas Prison Courtroom Not Open to the Public
Qualified Immunity Denied to Nurses who Ignored Prisoner's Symptoms of Active TB; $2.28 Million in Damages, Fees and Costs on Remand
Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island
Supreme Court Upholds DNA Collection as Part of Jail Booking Procedures, by J.R. Bloom
HRDC Receives First Amendment Award
New Tennessee Parole Board Members have Apparent Bias Against Granting Parole, by Alex Friedmann
No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life, by Charlotte Silver
California Jail Installs New Microgrid to Cut Energy Costs, by Derek Gilna
Genetic and DNA Evidence: The Emperor Has No Clothes, by Ernest P. Chiodo
Third Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP Not a Fifth Amendment Violation, by Matthew Clarke
Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial
Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture
"Mere Possession" of a Prison Shank Constitutes a "Crime of Violence", by Derek Gilna
Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids
Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation, by Derek Gilna
Longest-Serving Texas Prisoner Makes Parole; Other Long-term Prisoners Not so "Lucky"
DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations
Seventh Circuit: Health Hazard without Physical Injury Can State a Claim
Mexican Prison Guards Implicated in Deadly Riot
Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas
Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sentence for Escape, but Sentence Affirmed on Remand
Seventh Circuit Asks Illinois Supreme Court to Interpret "Frivolous" Litigation Statute
New York Federal Court Finds Victim's Hearsay Accusation Insufficient in Prison Disciplinary Case; Suit Settles for $67,000, by Matthew Clarke
Jail Detainee Dies after Altercation with Deputies at Arizona Jail
Utah DOC Ends "English Only" Visitation Requirement, by Christopher Zoukis
More from Matthew Clarke:
'Plainly Grossly Inadequate': Federal Court Finds Arizona Prison Healthcare Deliberately Indifferent to Prisoners' Risk of Serious Harm, Nov. 30, 2022
Eighth Circuit Says Judge Dismissing Claim of Federal Prisoner in Arkansas Was Premature in Counting It a PLRA 'Strike', Nov. 30, 2022
CDCR's Medication Assisted Treatment Program for Substance Abusers is a Resounding Success, Nov. 30, 2022
Texas Prisoner Killed After Wounding Guard in Escape and Killing Family While on the Run, Nov. 30, 2022
Nevada Supreme Court: DOC Owes Parolee Credit for Any Days Over 60 Awaiting Revocation in Prison, Nov. 30, 2022
Fifth Circuit Announces Louisiana Aggravated Assault With Firearm Still Not 'Crime of Violence' After 2012 Amendment for Purposes of Sentencing Guidelines, Nov. 15, 2022
New Federal 'Fresh Start' Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default, Oct. 31, 2022
Georgia Jail Settles Suit Filed by Mentally Ill Female Detainees With Policy Changes and $1.2 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs, Oct. 31, 2022
Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Texas Jailers Who Refused Medical Care to Detainee Dying of Drug Overdose, Oct. 31, 2022
Washington Supreme Court Clarifies Burden of Production Standard for Entrapment to Be Entitled to Jury Instruction, Oct. 15, 2022
Ninth Circuit Sends PLN's Arizona Censorship Lawsuit Back to District Court, Sept. 30, 2022. PLN Litigation, Censorship.
California Sheriff's Pay-to-Play Scandal Reflects Nationwide Corruption Potential Documented in Watchdog Report, Sept. 1, 2022. Media, Federal Funds.
$40,000 Settlement Reached in HRDC Challenge to Nebraska Prison Censorship Policy, Aug. 1, 2022. PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.
HRDC Sues Indiana Sheriff Over Censorship at County Jail, Aug. 1, 2022. PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.
From the Editor, July 13, 2022. Telephones, Telephone Access, Censorship.
Imprisoned Former Alabama House Speaker Caught Admitting to Phony "Apology" Can Keep His Radio Stations Running, June 15, 2022. Media.
Organization Created Platform to Log Police Misconduct in North Carolina, June 15, 2022. Media, Police/Govt Misconduct.
The Right to be Forgotten, June 15, 2022. Media, Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of, Authority and Jurisdiction.
Oregon Bans Pre-Conviction Mugshot Public Disclosure, June 15, 2022. Media, Privacy Act/Rights.
Federal Suit Challenging Iowa DOC Ban on Nude Images Moves Forward, Defendants Denied Summary Judgement on Due Process Claim, June 1, 2022. Censorship.

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Microsoft, Bank of America and CVS are just a few big companies that profit from their proactive employment practices.
A recent study has shown, for the first time, that companies that championed people with disabilities actually outperformed others — driving profitability and shareholder returns. Revenues were 28 percent higher, net income 200 percent higher, and profit margins 30 percent higher. Companies that improved internal practices for disability inclusion were also four times more likely to see higher total shareholder returns.
These findings, presented in a report from Accenture, in partnership with Disability: IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities, give companies a new reason to hire people with disabilities. The results are based on an analysis of the financial performance of 140 companies that averaged annual revenues of $43 billion and participated in the Disability Equality Index, an annual benchmarking tool that objectively rates company disability policies and practices.
What exactly are these exemplary companies doing?
Well, Bank of America brought together 300 people with intellectual disabilities to create a support services team to manage fulfillment services and external client engagement. Microsoft built a successful disability hiring program specifically for people on the autism spectrum. The program, designed to attract talent, is a multiday, hands-on academy that gives candidates an opportunity to meet hiring managers and learn about the company as an employer of choice. And CVS Health refocused its training programs to capitalize on characteristics — creativity, problem-solving ability and loyalty — that people with disabilities often demonstrate.
The new research identifies five common denominators among such organizations. First, they hire people with disabilities, ensuring that they're represented in the workplace. Second, they carry out practices that encourage and advance those employees. Third, they provide accessible tools and technologies, paired with a formal accommodations program. Fourth, they generate awareness through recruitment efforts, disability education programs and grass-roots-led initiatives. Fifth, they create empowering environments through mentoring and coaching initiatives.
The Association of ERGs & Councils(a practice group of PRISM International, Inc.) released their annual list of the Top 25 US Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Business Resource Groups (BRGs) and Diversity Councils set to receive the tenth annual 2019 ERG & Council Honors Award™ at an award ceremony during the 2019 ERG & Council Conference in Orlando May 3rd.
These resources can help prospective business owners living with a disability make their dream of owning their own business a reality.
Fact: Self-employment is a more popular choice among people with disabilities than it is with the general population. The Small Business Administration reported that 12.2 percent of the general population chose self-employment, and 14.3 percent of people with disabilities started businesses.
Alice Doyel, author of No More Job Interviews: Self-Employment Strategies for People With Disabilities, suggests five clear advantages of self-employment for people with disabilities.
Any person with a disability who has worked in the labor force may be familiar with the concept of Customized Employment (CE). Customized Employment starts not with a job description, but by identifying the strengths, conditions and interests of a job candidate. After this process of discovery, an employer or job counselor can identify a position that matches the candidate's profile.
The same framework can be applied to identifying self-employment opportunities.
Joe Steffy is a young adult with Down syndrome and autistic spectrum disorder. When Joe was in his teens, teachers and school administrators didn't think he'd ever work – at best, he'd spend his days at a fully supervised workplace, also known as a sheltered workshop.
Then Joe worked with a Customized Employment expert, and together they discovered Joe's interest in popping kettle corn. Joe's family bought equipment, and he began popping and selling kettle corn at local businesses and farmers markets. He started when he was 15 years old, and in three years, teenage Joe's sales grew to $50,000 with a staff of five part-time employees. Joe works five or six hours a day popping corn and delivering it to stores.
Joe is in his 30s now, and Poppin' Joe's Gourmet Kettle Korn is still going strong.
Going through the Customized Employment framework is a good first step for any person with a disability thinking about starting their own business.
Melony Hill, who has been diagnosed with PTSD, depression, anxiety disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and fibromyalgia, launched a successful speaking, writing, and coaching business called Stronger Than My Struggles.
A big part of her success came from identifying a profession that worked for her rather than one focused on money. "Instead, I sought to find ways I would feel I was living peacefully and doing things I enjoyed," Melony says. Now she teaches others to do the same.
Once a potential business owner has identified their unique strengths and abilities, the fun begins – identifying a business that is a right for them.
Joe Steffy's Story as Told by His Parents to Start-Up/USA – The full story of Steffy's rise to successful business owner.
Self-Employment Q & A: Discovery – A guide to the Discovery/Customized Employment process.
Q & A on Customized Employment: Self-Employment as a Customized Employment Outcome – Clearing up doubts and misconceptions about self-employment, especially among people with disabilities.
Usually, federal supplemental security income (SSI) payments are reduced or eliminated once the recipient finds a job. With the PASS (Plan to Achieve Self-Support) program, SSI recipients wanting to start a business can continue to accumulate SSI payments while they work and use the money to fund their startup.
The Social Security Administration will not count money set aside under this plan when they decide on an SSI payment amount, so recipients may end up getting a higher payment. However, they won't get more than the maximum payment for the state in which they live.
To qualify for PASS, the intended recipient can't have a net worth exceeding $2,000 or $3,000 for couples. However, assets or equipment to be used for the business don't count toward this amount.
PASS participants must get their plan approved by the Social Security Administration. Examples of businesses that have been approved include a carpentry business, a music production business and a candy vending business.
Starting a Business Under PASS – A broad overview of the basic requirements for PASS acceptance.
PASS Application – Initial paperwork required by the Social Security Administration.
Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) – General information about the PASS program from the Social Security Administration.
Creating a business plan is a requirement of applying for PASS. It's a vital step for any business owner.
A business plan outlines the goals of the business and details the steps needed to achieve them. The plan will include specifics like equipment needed, how the business will be promoted, and anticipated revenue.
Continue on to Business.com to read the complete article.


Why must weekends move so fast? Today I have 7 Zoya polishes to show you, 6 solids from the Awaken Collection, spring 2014, and the glitter topcoat, Monet, also from this spring.
Here are all 6 polishes together. I will show you individual pics and then Monet over each color at the end. Pic heavy post warning, but oh so worth it!
Let's just go according to my pic above. This is Cole, a summery peach leaning orange. The formula is alright, it requires 3 coats, but the end result is creamy and dreamy. I added topcoat for this pic as well.
Next, Dot is another pastel with a 3 coats needed formula, similar to Cole. Cole and Dot are solid with no shimmer at all. Dot is a sweet baby pink, and Zoya really stands out in the baby pink polish department, but most need 2 coats. Dot does need three but it's a sweet color anyway. I know there is going to be some fuss over a 3 coat creme, but it's PASTEL, yall. Pastels and neons usually need 3 coats - just do it and add a quick dry topcoat, mmmk?
Rebel is a metallic blue shimmer polish that needs 2 coats for full coverage. The green, blue, and purple are similar in formula and easy to work with. Rebel almost has a denim color to it, I like it.
Dillon is a mint metallic. Mint and metallic are not usually two things you'd think to put together, but I do like this polish. It isn't a game changer for me. Many people are saying it's similar to Zuza, but I think Zuza is more teal (I'm actually getting Zuza shortly so I'll do a comp post if you havent already seen one by then).
It did match my hoodie tho!
Hudson is a purple metallic shimmer. I wasn't too into this color from looking at the bottle, but on the nail it is bright, covers well, and has a great shine. This is two coats with topcoat.
Brooklyn is my least favorite, which is sad because I love the city of Brooklyn, NY. This is a sheer metallic off-white, almost champagne color. I dislike metallics normally, and unfortunatley, this is why. Visible brush strokes just look so...um..brush strokey, LOL. You know what I mean? It's also not great for my skintone, personally. This is three coats and topcoat.
I did a little dotticure with 5 of the 6 polishes (no Brooklyn) over Zoya Taylor. Cute, right?
Monet is the glitter topper du jour for the spring, it's in a clear, if slightly pink, base with pastel glitters. They are iridescent-ish, and shine fairly well. The formula was surprisingly thick and the polish had an odd smell that I've never smelled on any other Zoya polish. Yes, I admit, I sniffed a couple of the other spring polishes to compare, and none of them smelled strongly at all, only Monet.
It looks alright over the metallics, too, but the glitters sort of disappear, don't they? Lastly, the muddled look of Monet over Brooklyn really isn't great.
I def suggest keeping the Monet over a solid color for the full effect of the glitters.
So, what do you think? Cole is my favorite, with Hudson a surprising second. Zoya is available on Zoya.com.
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← VBA: What Type Are Your Constants?
A handful of posts ago I looked at some FREQUENCY() formulae which could give a count of distinct or unique values in a given column. The formulae became quite complicated and slow – particularly when dealing with mixed data types – so, in this post, I'm going to have a go at creating some VBA User Defined Functions to do the same thing. A UDF is simply a custom function (written in any language) which is called from a Range or, in other words, used in a worksheet formula.
From this list, I would say there are 6 distinct values: a, b, c, d, e and f. I use the word 'distinct' to mean 'different' – the same as it is used in the SQL world .
From this list, I would say there are 3 unique values: c, d and f. The unique values are the ones which appear exactly once in the list.
This formula was broken down and explained in detail in my other post, so please have a read through that if you're not sure how it works. I'll design the basic UDFs in a somewhat contrived fashion so that they give the same results as this formula and then I'll do some benchmark testing to see which one is faster to calculate.
I've made a workbook available for download which has all of the below UDFs.
In summary, each item in the Collection must have a unique key and that unique key must be a String. If the code tries to create a duplicate key then an error is raised. The error is ignored due to the On Error Resume Next directive. A feature of the VBA Collection object is that the key is case-insensitive.
I've actually written two Dictionary object UDFs for benchmarking because there are a couple of ways the Dictionary object can be created and maintained. Firstly, a new Dictionary object could be created every time the UDF is called or, secondly, a Dictionary object could be created on the first call and then cleared (but not destroyed) by using the Dictionary.RemoveAll() method on subsequent calls.
The Dictionary class is part of the Microsoft Scripting Runtime library (scrrun.dll) and since I've used early binding in my code, a reference needs to be added to it in the VBA IDE under Tools > References.
First let's verify that the UDFs all return the same result as the FREQUENCY() formula.
As you can see, all four formulae are type-insensitive (they don't distinguish between text, numbers, logicals etc) and case-insensitive (for example, they don't distinguish between "A" and "a" ).
The FREQUENCY() formula performs the best when all the values are the same but becomes extremely slow when all the values are different; in fact, I gave up timing it beyond 10,000 cells.
There's no material difference between the two Dictionary object UDFs which surprised me. I expected the static one to be faster until the number of items in the Dictionary from the previous call became very large, thus slowing down the RemoveAll() method.
All of the formulae are pretty fast when all the values are the same.
The Collection object UDF would generally seem to be the best overall choice.
Now the Dictionary UDFs are the fastest in both scenarios. Given the performance tests and the features of each UDF, my general choice would be to go with the Dictionary object. If you specifically want a type-insensitive and case-insensitive UDF then go with the Collection object.
I've enhanced the basic, static Dictionary UDF below to give it a bit more punch. One of the changes I've made is to reduce the precedent range if a whole column reference has been passed in. To do that I've used the Worksheet.UsedRange property which Charles Williams recently blogged about: it can become extremely slow if there are a lot of cells containing data or formatting on the worksheet (it's not the size of the used range that matters) because it internally reads from the Cell table. Have a read through his blog post – you might decide that you would prefer to remove it or use an alternative approach.
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It will count number, text and logical data types but it ignores error values such as #N/A and DIV/0!.
It ignores empty (and blank) cells.
It is case-sensitive by default.
It differentiates between data types. For example, these two formulae would be considered to be different: =TRUE() ="True" , as would ="1" and =1.
A reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime library is required. If you do not include the reference then the Dictionary object needs to be declared as an Object type and BinaryCompare set as a constant equal to 0.
It can work on data across multiple columns.
Here are a couple of examples to validate the UDF's results.
The code to get a unique count is very similar.
Using a well-written UDF is a good solution to this problem. The complications apparent in the FREQUENCY() formula are hidden away in the UDF's code which allows for a simple formula. The calculation performance of the Dictionary UDF is superior to the FREQUENCY() formula, particularly when there are a lot of different values in the precedent range. The flexibility afforded by using code also allows for simple adjustments to enhance the features of the UDF, such as making it case-sensitive.
Are there other good ways to get a distinct (or unique) count? Yes, there are. Two good options would be to use the advanced filter or a pivot table to get a distinct list and then use a simple formula to count the items in that list. I've got a blog post planned for automating the advanced filter using VBA, so I'll cover that in more detail then.
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Hi Colin. I did a post at http://dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2013/10/23/dictionaries-can-be-rude/ recently that did some testing of deduping using dictionaries vs other approaches that may be of interest. Among other things, it turns out that if you have lots of unique items, if you sort them first before you add them to the dictionary, things run considerably faster.
It works perfectly! It really helped a lot.


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The Treaty of New Echota
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Have you ever been to Calhoun, Georgia? It is a small city of about 15,000 residents in the Northwest area of that state. Interstate 75 runs along the east edge of the city with several exits to the city. If you have never heard of Calhoun, perhaps you have heard of the Trail of Tears. About three and a half miles north of Calhoun is the New Echota Historic Site. New Echota was the capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1825 until their forcible relocation in the 1830s.
Gold has been considered a valuable commodity for thousands of years. In 1828 gold was discovered in Georgia resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush of 1829. This was the first significant gold rush in the United States. Unfortunately, much of the land belonged to the Cherokee. Cotton compounded this issue.
Until the cotton gin came into widespread use, short-staple cotton had been an arduous crop to grow and process because of the time-consuming task of removing the sticky seeds from each of the individual boles of cotton. This process took so long that it was virtually unprofitable to grow cotton. The Cherokee possessed over 1.7 million acres of tillable land in Georgia. Settlers moved to Georgia to take advantage of the land and the favorable climate for growing cotton. Immigration to the area increased rapidly during the 1820s and 1830s. The Cherokee were a threat, not because of violence, but because they competed in growing cotton and their land was desired. The situation created an overwhelming desire to remove the Cherokee.
Beginning in 1805, the State of Georgia began giving land to immigrants through a lottery system. Some if not all of this land belonged to the Cherokee. The lottery continued into the 1830s.
One hundred and eighty-one years ago, on December 29, 1835, the Treaty of New Echota was signed. This treaty ceded all of the Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States. The treaty included land in Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee as well as Georgia. In real estate transactions, it is said that a willing seller and a willing buyer will determine the fair market value of a property. This treaty had neither a willing seller nor a willing buyer. In truth, the seller was not properly represented. The treaty was signed by a group of dissident Cherokee.
The United States was not a willing buyer in that this country had no desire to pay a fair market value. The Senate did agree to pay $5 million for the land. This was over 40% less than the true market value at that time. The Cherokee leaders had asked for $20 million. The treaty was signed by twenty-one members of the Cherokee Nation. A census by the United States government that was taken that year, showed 18,335 members of the Cherokee Nation. Not a single signer of the treaty was a chief. The leadership of the Cherokees and the vast majority of the members refused to acknowledge the treaty. There was also a clause in the treaty as it was signed, allowing any Cherokee who so desired to remain and become a citizen of the state in which they resided on 160 acres of land. That clause was later unilaterally stricken out by President Andrew Jackson.
The treaty did provide a two-year grace period for the Cherokee to willingly immigrate to Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma. No one was willing. Not all white Americans were callous to the plight of the Cherokees. Many white Americans were outraged by the dubious legality of the treaty and called on the government not to forcibly move the Cherokee.
The Trail of Tears actually encompasses the forced removal of other Native Americans in addition to the Cherokee. In the winter of 1838 the Cherokee began the 1,000-mile march with inadequate clothing. Most of the Cherokee were on foot without shoes or moccasins. Estimates of the death toll due to the forced removal run as high as 25% – 35% of the total population of the Cherokee Nation.
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Medical Museums | Edinburgh
During the 19th century, the University of Edinburgh's medical school (first established in 1726) became known as one of the best in the world, and around that time many great pioneering doctors lived and worked in the city, and made many great advancements in the medical field. Their legacy is remembered in the city's medical related museums, both of which I visited for the first time this year. Surgeons' Hall was initially a teaching resource, and is now open to the public as a paid entrance museum, housing an exhibition of the history of surgery, and hundreds of pathology specimens, while the Anatomical Museum is still used by current students in the Old Medical School building, and is only open to the public once a month, for free.
Surgeons' Hall Museums
Located on South Bridge, this museum is one of the oldest in Scotland, with its origins dating back to 1699, when the collection of 'natural and artificial curiosities' was started as a medical teaching resource. It moved into its current location, the Playfair Building, in 1832, and later opened to the general public - I visited a couple months ago, so I don't remember every detail of everything I saw inside! The building was also used for exams in the past, and is particularly famous for its connection to the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to be admitted to the medical school, and who were prevented from sitting an exam in the building, due to riots outside.
There are three main sections to the museum (note that photography is not permitted in any of them, due to laws about the display of human remains), starting with the History of Surgery exhibition, which shows how the science was advanced over the years, particularly with Edinburgh's contributions. There are displays of many old medical instruments, no longer in use thankfully, and the centrepiece is a mock anatomy theatre, where projections are displayed on a plastic cadaver, reenacting a dissection.
Amongst the notable figures featured are; Joseph Lister, who developed antiseptics to sterilise medical equipment; and James Young Simpson, who discovered the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic. There are also links to other famous figures, such as; Joseph Bell, who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, after he studied medicine in Edinburgh; and William Burke, the notorious serial killer who sold bodies to the medical school, and then was, ironically, dissected himself after being caught and executed - the museum has his death mask and a pocket book bound in his skin!
The next section is the Dental Collection, which explores the history and development of this branch of medical care. There's plenty more instruments on display here - as someone who isn't a fan of trips to the dentists, this did make me a little more squeamish than the previous area! There's also many paintings showing dental procedures, and you can find more paintings throughout all the areas of the museum, showing medical conditions, injuries, surgeries, and more... some of which are pretty graphic! This area is the smallest of the three, so took the least time for me to explore.
The third and final area is the largest, although there isn't as much to read as in the History of Surgery rooms, so I probably spent similar amounts of time in both. This last area is the Wohl Pathology Museum, which houses hundreds of tissue specimens preserved in glass jars and cases, on dozens of shelves lining the two floors of the room. It's a fairly impressive thing to gape at, seeing just how many specimens there are in here! You could spend hours poring over each individual one, reading all the descriptions, but I did a quicker, more general sweep! The cases are sectioned off by field, such as cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, orthopaedics etc. Many specimens show conditions, problems, or diseases affecting that organ or other body part, some of which produce very alarming results. Near the exit, there are some particularly unusual specimens showing rare, usually genetic, conditions. There's also one side of the room specifically dedicated to battle wounds, and shows the history of field surgery, including instruments used, and more painting of specific war wounds.
The pathology collection, in particular, is not for the faint hearted or the squeamish, as many of the samples are pretty graphic - I was doing ok until I got the foetal specimens, which are heartbreaking to see. However, I can appreciate the value in all of this for those learning about medicine and the conditions that affected these people. It's a pretty interesting place, especially to see Edinburgh's contributions to the science, and definitely one of the more unique museums I've been to!
Anatomical Museum
The University's Anatomical Museum usually opens to the public on the last Saturday of each month - but it's always best to check their website to make sure - as it's largely still a study space for current medical students. It's found inside the Old Medical School, just off Bristo Square, and they signpost the way quite clearly for the public on the open days. The collection includes over 12, 000 items collected over the course of several centuries, but only a small selection are on display.
Firstly, you have to pass through the entrance area, before heading upstairs to the main room. This area is the only part where photography is allowed, due to those same laws concerning human remains in the main room. It has several busts of famous medical figures, including many of the same ones featured in Surgeons' Hall, as well as a book containing the names of people who've donated their bodies to science over the years. The most prominent things in this room, though, are undoubtedly the two elephant skeletons flanking the door. They're suitably impressive, given their size, and quite daunting to walk past. There's also a whale jawbone on the wall behind one of them - these sorts of animal bones were collected a long time ago, and are used to show the differences between skeletons of other species.
The main room isn't as large as I was expected, and there are several corners of desks and computers, since it's a study space. However, most of the room is occupied by wooden cases containing the artefacts, which include both real and model specimens for students to learn from. Along the left wall, the cases mostly contained organ samples, while the central channel features bone models, often showing the changes as people age over time, and medical instruments. There was an interesting case near the entrance that shows musical instruments made of bones, a practice found in other cultures around the world. One of the most striking items was in the middle of the room, a body preserved with mercury, that had been dissected back in the 18th century!
Along the back wall is a display about the study of phrenology, a largely discredited science of the past, which thought the the shape of the skull reflected the shape of the brain, and could tell us about people's personalities. Although the science is mostly nonsensical - the only truth is that different parts of the brain do control different things - it is pretty cool to see all these reconstructions of famous people's faces, from different subject fields. There's even a model of Robert the Bruce's skull, and a reconstruction of his face, created after his remains found buried beneath Dunfermline Abbey during renovations in the early 19th century (he was then reinterred!).
The right wall displays some more models of various muscles, organs, and other body parts. Students are able to take the models out of the cases to study from, so it's a good teaching tool for them, but the replicas were less interesting to me than the real specimens. There are also many animal skulls and bones along this wall, again, to showcase the differences between species. Some of these are staggering in their size - imagine the vertebrae of a giraffe or a whale! - or have incredibly unique structures, like in the wings of a bat.
Then we found the most exciting specimens in the whole museum: firstly, the skull of George Buchanan, who was the tutor of James VI. I hadn't really heard of him before, but this skull dates to being over 400 years old, so I thought it was pretty mind-blowing to be looking at a part of someone who lived so long ago. And then, of course, the skeleton of William Burke (the same one featured in Surgeons' Hall). After he was executed and dissected, it was ordered that his skeleton be put on display in the medical school, so it's now been here for almost 200 years. A brilliantly ironic fate. I tell the Burke & Hare story on my ghost tour most nights, so it was insane to see the remains of that very person!
The Burke skeleton was the main reason we went, but the other artefacts were interesting too. Surgeons' Hall is definitely the bigger of the two, with more things to see, and more information about the history of medicine, but the Anatomical Museum definitely has a few unique things you won't be able to see anywhere else!
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Jeremy Horwitz@horwitz	 July 23, 2018 4:30 AM
Qualcomm's new QTM052 millimeter wave 5G antenna module.
Image Credit: Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat
With the launch of next-generation 5G cellular networks now only months away in the United States, South Korea, and possibly other countries, Qualcomm is today debuting two critically important new "modem-to-antenna" components: the world's first fully integrated, mobile device-ready 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules. The parts will enable even smartphones to connect to upcoming 5G mmWave networks, an engineering feat that was once considered impossible.
Qualcomm's QTM052 mmWave antenna modules and QPM56xx sub-6 GHz RF modules are each designed to work with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G modem, addressing different radio frequencies. The mmWave antenna can be used on 26.5-29.5 GHz, 27.5-28.35 GHz, or 37-40 GHz bands, while the sub-6 GHz module works on 3.3-4.2 GHz, 3.3-3.8 GHz, or 4.4-5.0 GHz bands. Each country's regulators are currently in the process of determining which mmWave and sub-6 GHz bands will be used for 5G services within their borders.
Above: Qualcomm's mmWave antenna and X50 modem enable pocket devices to achieve ultra-fast 5G speeds, achieving once-inconceivable miniaturization.
Image Credit: Qualcomm
While the sub-6 GHz module uses radio frequencies similar to existing wireless phones, the mmWave module is a significant breakthrough. Qualcomm notes that mmWave was once written off as too difficult to engineer into mobile devices, due to challenges with "materials, form-factor, industrial design, thermals, and regulatory requirements for radiated power." But engineers saw its potential to speed up 5G networks, and persisted until they solved the engineering issues. As Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon explains,
Today's announcement of the first commercial 5G NR mmWave antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices represents a major milestone for the mobile industry … These type of modem-to-antenna solutions, spanning both mmWave and sub-6 spectrum bands, make mobile 5G networks and devices, especially smartphones, ready for large scale commercialization. With 5G, consumers can expect gigabit-class Internet speeds with unprecedented responsiveness in the palm of their hands, which stand to revolutionize the mobile experience.
To deliver high throughput in dense urban areas and crowded indoor environments, QTM052 supports up to 800MHz of bandwidth, using advanced beam forming, beam steering, and beam tracking technologies to improve mmWave signaling. The module includes a 5G radio transceiver, power management IC, RF front-end, and phased antenna array, working with the Snapdragon X50 modem as a complete system.
Interestingly, up to four QTM052 modules can be placed in a single smartphone to improve the device's resistance to signal attenuation and other interference. This provides OEMs with a brute-force alternative to get their first high-speed 5G devices on the market by early 2019, while letting engineers continue to work on more streamlined second-generation models.
Above: Qualcomm expects that some manufacturers will place four mmWave antenna modules in one housing to avoid signal loss.
By contrast, the sub-6 GHz module family — spanning the QPM5650, QPM5651, QDM5650, and QDM5652 — will enable devices to access 5G networks in less densely populated, non-urban areas. While all four of these modules support the same sub-6 GHz bands, the P versions contain power amplifiers, while the D versions offer diversity support. They're all designed to support massive MIMO transmissions, which use multiple antennas to achieve high data rates.
Qualcomm says that all of the new components are currently sampling to customers. They are expected to appear in the first 5G smartphones early next year, though Qualcomm has previously said that it's working to assist some customers with device launches before then.


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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – People hoping to get their pet causes before voters are fanning out to fairs and other gatherings in South Dakota, collecting signatures for citizens' initiatives on issues ranging from government ethics to looser marijuana laws.
Election Day 2018 is far off, but supporters need thousands of people to pledge support for their initiatives by Nov. 6 just to get on the ballot. Initiated measures need nearly 14,000 valid signatures, while constitutional amendments require almost 28,000 names.
Here's a look at some of the proposed initiatives and a few reminders for voters:
RIGHT TO DIE
Activists pushing for South Dakota to join several states with laws allowing physician-assisted dying are gathering signatures for an initiative that would let terminally ill people get prescriptions for drugs to end their own lives. Under the plan, state-licensed physicians would be able to prescribe life-ending drugs to South Dakota patients who have diseases expected to kill them within six months.
MARIJUANA MEASURES
New Approach South Dakota is collecting support for a pair of ballot measures that would relax South Dakota's cannabis laws. A medical proposal would allow use by patients who have a health practitioner's recommendation and serious conditions such as cancer, while a recreational measure is meant to allow people 21 and older to possess and use marijuana.
A writing error has called into question the recreational plan. A state interpretation of the wording found it would only legalize marijuana paraphernalia; supporters say the problem can be fixed later by the courts or the Legislature.
A separate sponsor has proposed a measure that would legalize marijuana and establish April 20 as "Cannabis Day" with free admission to state parks for residents.
ETHICS AMENDMENT
Backers of a proposed anti-corruption constitutional amendment say they've collected more than half the signatures required to put it on the 2018 ballot. As of Aug. 12, the campaign had gathered more than 16,000 signatures, according to initiative group Represent South Dakota.
The amendment would replace a voter-imposed government ethics overhaul that South Dakota lawmakers repealed this year. It would tighten campaign finance and lobbying restrictions, create an independent ethics commission and require that laws changing the ballot question process be passed by a public vote, among other provisions.
OUT-OF-STATE BAN
House Speaker Mark Mickelson is pushing an initiative that would ban out-of-state political contributions for ballot questions. The move comes after out-of-state donors pumped over $ 10 million into campaigns for or against the state's questions during the 2016 election cycle.
A similar bill capping out-of-state contributions failed in the Legislature this year, and experts have said such measures are unlikely to survive a legal challenge.
TOBACCO TAXES, TECH SCHOOLS
Another Mickelson-backed ballot measure would impose a $ 1 tax hike on a standard pack of cigarettes to make South Dakota's four technical institutes more affordable.
The proposed ballot measure would increase taxes on different tobacco products including the $ 1 hike per 20-cigarette pack. South Dakota's tax is currently $ 1.53 per pack, according to the Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy nonprofit.
A constitutional amendment that would take control of redistricting from South Dakota legislators and give it to an independent commission has been cleared to circulate. The commission would consist of nine people with no more than three from any one political party.
Measures that haven't received the secretary of state's approval for petitioning would:
– Restrict which facilities transgender students could use in South Dakota schools.
– Allow counties to switch to elections conducted entirely by mail ballot.
– Create "top two" primary elections for offices including governor and U.S. House and Senate.
– Impose a price limit on state drug purchases at the same or less than the lowest price paid for the same drug by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
AND A FEW REMINDERS
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says voters should be sure to read a proposed initiative's entire text, not just the attorney general's explanation. She says to ask for the circulator's handout, which must include details such as the initiative's title and explanation, contact information for the sponsor and whether the circulator is paid or a volunteer.
Krebs, whose website has more ballot measure information, also reminded voters that once they sign a petition, it can be difficult to get their signature removed.
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Roy Wright Menninger (born October 27, 1926) is an American medical doctor and psychiatrist. He served as president and CEO of the Menninger Foundation from 1967 to 1993.

Early life and education
Roy Wright Menninger was born in 1926 as the first of three sons to William C. Menninger and his wife Catherine Wright, while they lived in New York. His father was completing an internship at Bellevue Hospital. The family returned to Topeka, Kansas in 1927, when his father joined the Menninger Clinic, with his brother Karl Menninger and father Charles Frederick Menninger. Menninger grew up in the world of medicine and psychiatry.

Menninger graduated from Swarthmore College in 1947 and from the Cornell University Medical College in 1951. He interned at New York Hospital in New York City and served his residency in psychiatry at Boston State Hospital and Boston Psychopathic Hospital. He was married in June 1951 to Ann Catherine Colwell.

Career
Early in his career, Menninger served as a teaching and research fellow at Harvard Medical School. He also served on the staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. From 1953 to 1955, he served as a psychiatrist with the United States Army, including a tour of duty in Salzburg, Austria. Following his military service, he studied neurology in London.

Beginning in 1961, he served as a staff psychiatrist of the C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. In March 1964, he also became co-director of the Menninger Foundation's Division of School Mental Health. He became a nationally recognized expert on psychiatric issues relating to suicide stress, and personal satisfaction.

In 1967, he was elected as president and CEO of the Menninger Foundation, operator of the Menninger Clinic and Menninger Hospital. During his time as president, the Menninger Clinic was recognized as "one of the major psychiatric treatment and teaching facilities in the world." Also under his leadership, the foundation successfully raised funds on a national basis to build a new $23-million hospital (completed in 1982) and underwent major expansion, extending its work to include group psychotherapy, family therapy, biofeedback, a halfway house, short-term psychotherapy, and  an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program. The Foundation grew during his presidency to 1,100 employees, a $65 million annual budget, and an endowment of $90 million.

Lawrence J. Friedman, author of a book on the Menningers, characterized Roy Menninger's presidency as one in which the concern for fundraising and building construction was greater than that for psychiatric research. Menninger said that he found Friedman's book "distasteful" and "a gossipy tabloid portrayal" of the family and foundation.

In 1993, Menninger retired as president and CEO, and his brother, W. Walter Menninger, took over as president. He remained as chairman of the foundation's board of trustees, overseeing the foundation's move to Houston in the early 2000s as part of a partnership with Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Health Care System.

Menninger and John Nemiah co-edited the book American Psychiatry after World War II, 1944-1994.

References

External links
 Search on Roy Menninger in Menninger Foundation Archives from Kansas State Historical Society

Living people
People from Topeka, Kansas
1926 births
American psychiatrists
Swarthmore College alumni
Cornell University alumni

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Q: How can we filter subquery in oracle? The query I am using is
select count(*) as count,
       TO_CHAR(firstTable1.firstTable_date, 'DD-MON-YY') as  dateAndTime
from  (
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group by TO_CHAR(firstTable1.firstTable_date, 'DD-MON-YY')

which will give me count 1 on 11-may-17
and count 1 for 09-may-17
sample table data is
firstTable
                    id        firstTable_status  firstTable_date

                   A-123         Open                11-may-17
                   B-123         Open                09-may-17

secondTable
  secondTable_Id    firstTable_id      secondTable_Action  secondTable_date

       XX1       A-123            started                 11-may-17
       XX2       A-123            Assigned                11-may-17
       XX3       A-123            action2                 11-may-17
       XX4       A-123            action3                 11-may-17
       XX5       A-123            action4                 11-may-17
       XX6       A-123            action5                 11-may-17
       XX7       A-123            closed                  11-may-17

       MN1       B-123            started                09-may-17
       MN1       B-123            action1                10-may-17
       MN1       B-123            closed                 11-may-17

is it possible to modify this query such as
if the secondTable_Action is closed for same id on same date then then query should not return count for that id
for example  id A-123 in firstTable is open on 11-may-17 and closed on same
    day whose entry in second table for this query should return count 0  for 11-
    may-17
    while for id B-123 is closed on different day so for this it should return
    count 1 on 09-may-17

A: SELECT dt,
       SUM( open_closed ) AS "count"
FROM   (
  SELECT f.id,
         TRUNC( f.firstTable_date ) as dt,
         COUNT( CASE s.secondtable_action WHEN 'started' THEN 1 END )
           - COUNT( CASE s.secondtable_action WHEN 'closed' THEN 1 END ) AS open_closed
  FROM   firstTable f
         INNER JOIN secondtable s
         ON ( f.id = s.firsttable_id )
  WHERE  firstTable_date   > SYSDATE - INTERVAL '10' DAY
  GROUP BY f.id,
         TRUNC( f.firstTable_date )
  HAVING COUNT( CASE s.secondtable_action WHEN 'started' THEN 1 END ) > 0
)
GROUP BY dt

A: You can remove the closes using not exists or something similar:
select count(*) as count,
       to_char(t.firstTable_date, 'DD-MON-YY') as dateAndTime
from firstTable t
where t.firstTable_status = 'Open' and
      t.firstTable_date > sysdate - 10 and
      not exists (select 1
                  from secondTable t2
                  where t2.id = t.id and
                        t2.firstTable_date = t.firstTable_date and
                        t2.firstTable_status = 'Closed'
                 )
group by to_char(t.firstTable_date, 'DD-MON-YY')
order by min(firstTable_date);

Notes:

*

*If firstTable_date has a time component, then the correlation clause should take that into account:  trunc(t2.firstTable_date) = trunc(t.firstTable_date).

*You can use trunc() instead of to_char().  If you are going to use to_char(), I would advise you to use YYYY-MM-DD format.  This is ISO-standard and works in sorts.

*I added an order by so the dates will be in order.

*No subquery is necessary.


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3 BAL ARI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
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16 BAL SEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 BAL PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
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Self-complementary AAV-mediated gene therapy restores cone function and prevents cone degeneration in two models of Rpe65 deficiency
J. Pang, S. E. Boye, B. Lei, S. L. Boye, D. Everhart, R. Ryals, Y. Umino, B. Rohrer, J. Alexander, J. Li, X. Dai, Q. Li, B. Chang, R. Barlow, W. W. Hauswirth
To test whether fast-acting, self-complimentary (sc), adeno-associated virus-mediated RPE65 expression prevents cone degeneration and/or restores cone function, we studied two mouse lines: the Rpe65-deficient rd12 mouse and the Rpe65-deficient, rhodopsin null (that is, cone function-only) Rpe65 -/-:Rho-/-mouse. scAAV5 expressing RPE65 was injected subretinally into one eye of rd12 and Rpe65-/-:Rho-/-mice at postnatal day 14 (P14). Contralateral rd12 eyes were injected later, at P35. Rd12 behavioral testing revealed that rod vision loss was prevented with either P14 or P35 treatment, whereas cone vision was only detected after P14 treatment. Consistent with this observation, P35 treatment only restored rod electroretinogram (ERG) signals, a result likely due to reduced cone densities at this time point. For Rpe65-/-:Rho-/-mice in which there is no confounding rod contribution to the ERG signal, cone cells and cone-mediated ERGs were also maintained with treatment at P14. This work establishes that a self-complimentary AAV5 vector can restore substantial visual function in two genetically distinct models of Rpe65 deficiency within 4 days of treatment. In addition, this therapy prevents cone degeneration but only if administered before extensive cone degeneration, thus supporting continuation of current Leber's congenital amaurosis-2 clinical trials with an added emphasis on cone subtype analysis and early intervention.
https://doi.org/10.1038/gt.2010.29
Leber's congenital amaurosis-2
RPE65
Rpe65:Rhomice
adeno-associated virus
rd12 mice
retinal gene therapy
10.1038/gt.2010.29
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Pang, J., Boye, S. E., Lei, B., Boye, S. L., Everhart, D., Ryals, R., Umino, Y., Rohrer, B., Alexander, J., Li, J., Dai, X., Li, Q., Chang, B., Barlow, R., & Hauswirth, W. W. (2010). Self-complementary AAV-mediated gene therapy restores cone function and prevents cone degeneration in two models of Rpe65 deficiency. Gene therapy, 17(7), 815-826. https://doi.org/10.1038/gt.2010.29
Self-complementary AAV-mediated gene therapy restores cone function and prevents cone degeneration in two models of Rpe65 deficiency. / Pang, J.; Boye, S. E.; Lei, B.; Boye, S. L.; Everhart, D.; Ryals, R.; Umino, Y.; Rohrer, B.; Alexander, J.; Li, J.; Dai, X.; Li, Q.; Chang, B.; Barlow, R.; Hauswirth, W. W.
In: Gene therapy, Vol. 17, No. 7, 07.2010, p. 815-826.
Pang, J, Boye, SE, Lei, B, Boye, SL, Everhart, D, Ryals, R, Umino, Y, Rohrer, B, Alexander, J, Li, J, Dai, X, Li, Q, Chang, B, Barlow, R & Hauswirth, WW 2010, 'Self-complementary AAV-mediated gene therapy restores cone function and prevents cone degeneration in two models of Rpe65 deficiency', Gene therapy, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 815-826. https://doi.org/10.1038/gt.2010.29
Pang J, Boye SE, Lei B, Boye SL, Everhart D, Ryals R et al. Self-complementary AAV-mediated gene therapy restores cone function and prevents cone degeneration in two models of Rpe65 deficiency. Gene therapy. 2010 Jul;17(7):815-826. https://doi.org/10.1038/gt.2010.29
Pang, J. ; Boye, S. E. ; Lei, B. ; Boye, S. L. ; Everhart, D. ; Ryals, R. ; Umino, Y. ; Rohrer, B. ; Alexander, J. ; Li, J. ; Dai, X. ; Li, Q. ; Chang, B. ; Barlow, R. ; Hauswirth, W. W. / Self-complementary AAV-mediated gene therapy restores cone function and prevents cone degeneration in two models of Rpe65 deficiency. In: Gene therapy. 2010 ; Vol. 17, No. 7. pp. 815-826.
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ainsley earhardt bill o'reilly fox and friends fox news james brown maxine waters Patriotism pt Falafel thingies
Bill O'Reilly Thinks He Has Room To Talk About Maxine Waters's Hair
Robyn Pennacchia
Today on Fox and Friends, conservative commentator, culture warrior and People's Sexiest Man of Never Bill O'Reilly was asked to weigh in on a smart and wise thing Maxine Waters said. BUT HE COULDN'T DO IT! It was impossible! He tried and he tried but he could not even hear what she was saying, because he didn't like her hair.
Maxine Waters's hair, for the record, is perfectly fine. In the clip, she poignantly criticized Republicans who see themselves as more patriotic than everyone else, even as those other people are working harder to fight for the country:
"We have suffered discrimination, we have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not.
"When we fight against this president, and we point out how dangerous he is for this society and for this country, we are fighting for the Democracy. We are fighting for America. We are saying to those who say they are patriotic but they turned a blind eye to the destruction [Trump] is about to cause this country, you're not nearly as patriotic as we are."
Bill O'Reilly had nothing to say to that, and it was not because he -- as someone who considers himself more patriotic than everyone else -- didn't have a good answer. It was because he, a 67-year-old man, could not stop giggling over the fact that he thought she was wearing a James Brown wig.
"I didn't hear a word she said. I was looking at the James Brown wig," he told the panel.
Co-host Ainsley Earhardt attempted to reel him back, stating "I have to defend her on that. You can't go after a woman's looks. I think she's very attractive." O'Reilly said that he didn't say she wasn't attractive, adding "I love James Brown, but it's the same hair."
Hardee-har-har. Surely Maxine Waters will cry a river over this sick burn just as soon as she stops being a total freaking badass, which is very unlikely to ever happen. She's very busy with that, you know.
Now! There are lots of things I could say about the way Bill O'Reilly looks, all of which have been said before. I won't. Mostly because I am not a middle-schooler, but also because really, the thing that distracts me the most whenever Bill O'Reilly is speaking is the thought of him trying to rub a lady down with falafel. I will never, ever get that picture out of my mind. It will haunt me, and so many others, until the day we all die.
But I am an adult, and my job is to comment on things. Much like his is! So although I pledge to never, ever write anything about Bill O'Reilly without at least mentioning the time he appeared to to try to sex a lady up with a delicious Middle Eastern treat, I am still capable of finding something to say about the words that come out of his mouth. So weird!
In fairness, O'Reilly did note that he found Waters sincere, and also that he would like to watch her on a sitcom? Which is not a thing anyone would say about Bill O'Reilly or his hair.
[ThinkProgress]
Robyn Pennacchia is a brilliant, fabulously talented and visually stunning angel of a human being, who shrugged off what she is pretty sure would have been a Tony Award-winning career in musical theater in order to write about stuff on the internet. Follow her on Twitter at @RobynElyse


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Q: Chrome extension to modify `Node.prototype` I have a content script that adds members to Node.prototype. These aren't visible from the Developer Console because of the "isolated world" concept at https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/content_scripts.
How can I create a Chrome Extension whose modifications to Node are visible when using the Developer Tools Console on pages for which the extension was applied?
So the following steps would validate the solution:

*

*(Create the extension with various content_scripts or any other strategies
to work around isolated worlds)

*Open Chrome and browse to a page for which the extension is applicable

*Open Developer Tools Console

*Enter the command Node.newMember;

*See some POC value appear, such as a string "Hello World" which was set by the extension in (1)

Some background info: This is for an extension that I want to create as a timesaver to make various properties permanently accessible through $0 when selecting various nodes in the DOM.