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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Binance.Net.Converters;
using Binance.Net.Enums;
using CryptoExchange.Net.Converters;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace Binance.Net.Objects.Models.Spot
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Snapshot data of a spot account
    /// </summary>
    public class BinanceSpotAccountSnapshot
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Timestamp of the data
        /// </summary>
        [JsonConverter(typeof(DateTimeConverter)), JsonProperty("updateTime")]
        public DateTime Timestamp { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// Account type the data is for
        /// </summary>
        [JsonConverter(typeof(EnumConverter))]
        public AccountType Type { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// Snapshot data
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("data")]
        public BinanceSpotAccountSnapshotData Data { get; set; } = default!;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Data of the snapshot
    /// </summary>
    public class BinanceSpotAccountSnapshotData
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The total value of assets in btc
        /// </summary>
        public decimal TotalAssetOfBtc { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// List of balances
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<BinanceBalance> Balances { get; set; } = Array.Empty<BinanceBalance>();

    }
}

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Exploratory surgery is a diagnostic method used by doctors when trying to find a diagnosis for an ailment. With the invention of modern imaging techniques, exploratory surgery is becoming less common in humans. Due to the high cost and lower availability of advanced imaging for animals, exploratory surgery is more common in animals in modern practice.

Exploratory surgery in humans

Exploratory surgery is used to make a diagnosis when typical imaging techniques fail to find an accurate diagnosis. The use of new technologies such as MRIs have made exploratory surgeries less frequent. Many kinds of exploratory surgeries can now be performed using endoscopy which uses a camera and minimal incisions instead of more invasive techniques.

The most common use of exploratory surgery in humans is in the abdomen, a laparotomy. If a camera is used, it's called a laparoscopy. A laparotomy can be used to diagnose cancer, endometriosis, gallstones, gastrointestinal perforation, appendicitis, diverticulitis, liver abscess, ectopic pregnancy, and other conditions involving abdominal organs. A biopsy can be performed during the procedure.

Exploratory surgery in animals
Because animals cannot voice their symptoms as easily as humans, exploratory surgery is more common in animals. Exploratory surgery is done when looking for a foreign body that may be lodged in the animal's body, when looking for cancer, or when looking for various other gastrointestinal problems. It is a fairly routine procedure that is done only after tests and bloodwork reveal nothing abnormal.

References

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In L'Auberson, the president of the dairy company is passionate about genetics
Benoît Erb is president of the L'Auberson dairy company, which produces Le Gruyère AOP, a cheese designated as a "Cheese of Excellence" by the Vaud State Council. Passionate about their work and about genetics, Benoît, his brother Niki and his father Christian work hard to produce high-quality milk.
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"It's always nice to milk cows that make good milk and which, on top of that, give us pleasure!"
Benoît Erb, President of the L'Auberson Dairy Company
Benoît Erb took over the presidency of the dairy company when after ten years his predecessor expressed his wish to leave the position. "At the meeting, a colleague proposed that I take over the position, which I gladly accepted." There are fewer and fewer milk producers around L'Auberson. "Since we arrived in L'Auberson in 1997, the number of producers has decreased by 50%, but we still pour the same number of litres!"
"We were very pleased when we learned that our cheese had been chosen as a cheese of excellence by the Vaud State Council." For Benoît, a perfect quality of milk, a good understanding as well as a regular and transparent contact between producers and with the cheese maker are essential for a well-functioning dairy company and for the high quality of Le Gruyère AOP.
In L'Auberson, Benoît Erb, Niki and Christian work as a family in their large stable built in 2007. They start their day at 4.15 a.m. on the family farm. Benoît then continues his day by tending to his heifers on his own farm in La Côte-aux-Fées. Then, at 4 p.m., they all meet at L'Auberson for the evening milking.
In L'Auberson, the trio looks after 120 cows. They take advantage of the winter to get as much milk as possible, because in the summer there is not enough pasture land to feed the whole herd. To solve the problem, twelve animals go to the mountain pasture above Morgins in Valais. "We found an advertisement from a farmer who was looking for cows for his alpine pasture. We jumped at the chance. It's rare for cows from the region to travel so far to summer pastures."
Their cows are Montbéliardes, whose milk is low in fat. In France, where the breed originated, farmers selected cows that produced low-fat milk. Benoît, Niki and Christian are working on the selection of their animals in order to increase the fat content of the herd's milk. To do this, they carry out genomic tests in order to know the potential for each calf. They can see from these tests whether the milk will have a high protein or fat content. "Genetics is becoming essential if we don't want to have to sprinkle a lot of magic pixie dust all around!"
Benoît also enjoys taking part in competitions. He was 12 years old when his father took him and his brother to their first show. Since then, he has not stopped doing it. Before COVID-19 stopped the shows, one of his cows was reserve champion and then section winner. "It's always nice to milk cows that make good milk and which, on top of that, give us pleasure," concludes the producer, amused.
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BioM: Hart, Elaine (1955)
Surnames: Hart, Bedell, Burr, Heiman, Imig, Skroch, Wyer, Zilk, Gangler, Chambers, Dignin, Anasov, Wanty, Mueller, Hughes, Radtke, Wundrow, Lato, Heany, Sturgeon, Scherer, Hizer, Melby, Zimbauer, Burns, Davis, Boge
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/29/1955
Hart, Elaine (Marriage – 25 June 1955)
(Sorry, the first few lines of this wedding was cut off. Dmk)
(Note: The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hart. Dmk)
Her nylon tulle veil was held in place by a pointed crown of lace and tiny seed pearls. Her shower bouquet was made up of feathered white carnations, Pinocchio roses and lilies of the valley.
Dorothy Hart was her sister's maid of honor. Evelyn Bedell, sister of the groom, was her bridesmaid. Her attendants wore matching gowns with net hoop skirts and lace capes and picture hats in shades of orchid and aqua to match their gowns. They carried bouquets of yellow roses.
The groom was attended by Kenneth Burr as bestman and Francis Heiman as groomsman. Elton Imig and Everett Skroch ushered.
The wedding party was complete with pat Wyer as ringbearer. He wore a white suit with a black bow tie and carried the rings on a heart shaped white satin pillow. Little Patricia Zilk, as flower girl, wore a long white nylon dress with a tiered skirt to match the bride's and a white picture hat. She caried a small colonial bouquet of Pinocchio roses. The music was furnished by the church choir accompanied by Mrs. Matt Gassen at the organ.
The bride is a graduate of the Neillsville High School and is employed at the Farmers Store in Neillsville. Her husband was graduated from the Fairchild High School and is employed as a truck driver for the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. of Wisconsin Rapids.
The following relatives from out of town attended the wedding: Matt Gangler, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hart, grandparents of the bride, Eau Claire; Mrs. Minnie Chambers, great-great aunt of the bride, Humbird; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Dignin, Humbird; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Anasov and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Wanty, Sherman Wanty, Earl Wanty and Beverly Mueller, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes and children, all of Milwaukee; Mrs. Ervin Radtke, Mrs. Earl Wundrow and daughter, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. John Lato and sons, Athens; Marilou Heany of Menomonee Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sturgeon and daughter, Owen; Mrs. M. Scherer, La Crosse; Mr. and Mrs. George Bedell, Fairchild; Mrs. Mary Hizer, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Melby, Mrs. Nick Zimbauer and children and Mrs. Thomas Burns, all of Fairchild; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bedell, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Zimbauer of St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Davis, Granton; and Miss Patricia Boge of Marshfield.


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RV Podcast 311: Try Moochdocking for cheap RV Overnights
Mike Wendland
You surely have heard the term moochdocking by now, a variation on the boondocking trend that is so popular with RVers these days. While boondocking is typically off-grid camping in remote areas, moochdocking is camping – usually without hookups – in people's driveways or the back of their property.
This week, we'll learn about a new website that will help you find places to inexpensively do some moochdocking, offering still another resource for RVers who want to avoid overcrowded and overpriced campgrounds.
Also, this week on Episode 311 of the RV Podcast, we have lots of RV news, your questions, and a fun and entertaining off the beaten path report from Tom and Patti Burkett.
You can listen to this episode of the RV Podcast in the player below. And scroll down this page for shownotes and a transcript of the interview, plus links and resources about all the things we talk about.
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WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK
Mike and Jennifer Wendland, hosts of the RV Podcast and the RV Lifestyle Travel Blog
We hope everyone had a fantastic Labor Day weekend. Many were camping. But, according to an informal survey of campers and campground hosts, we're hearing that more RVers than normal will continue camping through the rest of the month.
Many campgrounds are filled and others report being much busier than normal. With so many still working remotely, a lot of RVers figure why not work from the road.
We're planning a fall color RV getaway to Michigan's Upper Peninsula – right after Jennifer has a tooth pulled. Ouch!
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RV PODCAST NEWS OF THE WEEK
More than 200 people were evacuated from a California campground, some with burn injuries, as a fast moving fire trapped campers
More than 200 people in California trying to squeeze in a little camping over the Labor Day weekend had to be evacuated by military helicopters after a fast-moving wildfire came upon them, sending more than 20 to the hospital, at least two with critical injuries. The campers were near Mammoth Pool Reservoir in the Sierra National Forest in northcentral California. The fire started Friday night and by Saturday blocked the only exit to Mammoth Pool Reservoir, trapping the campers as fire spread on all sides. The National Guard sent helicopters in to rescue people, taking more than 200 to safety. One evacuee shot some terrifying video (click here) of what the campground looked like before he was rescued. Wildfires have been a major problem in much of the West, and California especially is hard hit.
Majority of Americans planned a road trip vacation Labor Day weekend
If you decided to take a last minute road trip this weekend, turns out you were in the majority. Some 60 percent of all Americans planned to travel over the weekend, 88 percent by vehicle. Also the majority of those traveling headed out further from home than they did Memorial Day weekend. The stats come from a survey by Cars.com. The info collected was very similar to AAA reports, indicating 97 percent of all Americans were vacationing by vehicle this summer, and which corresponds to what we are hearing out there in the middle of the pandemic. Not too long ago we had YOU call in and tell us what it is like out there on the road. To hear that podcast click here.
The Better Business Bureau urging RV shoppers to be aware of scams if shopping for used RV online
If you are shopping for a used RV online, the Better Business Bureau has a warning: Beware of scams. As more people are shopping for an RV as a way to travel in the time of a pandemic, scammers are spotting an opportunity to make a quick dishonest buck by listing RVs for sale that do not exist. To avoid being scammed, the Better Bureau suggests the buyer ask the seller for a FaceTime interview and a video walkthrough, ask for VINs, and more. We also recommend that, if possible, you hire an RV inspector to look over the RV to make sure it is in the condition claimed by the seller. We did a whole Podcast episode about buying an RV and getting it inspected. CLICK HERE for the information on RV inspections.
Yet another American fined – this time $2,000 – for violating Canada's Quarantine order
An American family was fined $2,000 and expelled from Canada last week after violating the country's Quarantine Act. Americans are permitted to enter Canada if they go straight through to or from Alaska and the lower 48 states. They are not permitted to go to national parks, leisure or tourism areas. They are only permitted to stop for food, gas or sleep. And they are required to have a tag stating the day the entered Canada and the day they must be out. This tag is what gave the latest quarantine-violating American family away. They entered British Columbia Aug. 25, and were found vacationing in Vancouver Aug. 29. Once discovered they were fined and escorted to the Peace Arch Border Crossing.
If Canadian border remains closed, Canadian campground organization warns snowbirds will need somewhere to go
Speaking of Canada, as the Canadian-American border remains closed to non-essential travel because of COVID-19, Canada's National Private Campground Association is looking ahead. The group estimates Canada has about 50,000-200,000 Canadian Snowbirds, who live or travel in an RV in Canada in the warm weather, the U.S. south in the winter. If the border remains closed they will need somewhere to go, and the group is suggesting a partnership with hotels since many of the seasonal Canadian campgrounds can't operate in winter. There are increasing indications that the border may be closed until 2021.
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RV PODCAST QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What happens when my RV runs out of freshwater?
Here's a question that came in from Wendy:
QUESTION: Newbie here: we are quite confused about where to get clean water to fill the freshwater tank when Boondocking/dry camping. How do you do it?
ANSWER: One of the things we've done in the past is use 1-gallon water containers that we pick up at a supermarket.
Our RV has a short hose and a valve that will suck water out of the water jugs. It comes standard on our Leisure Travel Vans RV. But most RV shops can easily set up with a similar system.
If not, we've heard of people who take an empty soda bottle, cut a rectangular hole in it and use it as a sort of funnel to pour in the water from the gallon jug to the freshwater fill on the RV.
A better solution for most RVers is to use something called a Water Bandit. It has a ¾ in threaded connector on one end tat should connect to your city water connection. The other end is an a highly flexible, silicone polymer sleeve that stretches to fit over the end of virtually any standard water source… like a gallon water jug… making it really easy to pour in the tank. It costs around $8. Here's the Amazon link – https://amzn.to/35gpKkZ
Something else we've done more recently is buy a heavy-duty collapsible 5.3-gallon water container. It only costs $12 or so. Here's a link to it on Amazon – https://amzn.to/2ZixW0c
When empty, it collapses very small and easily stores.
When I fill up the RV freshwater tank, I'll also fill up the collapsible water container.
That way, if we're boondocking for a while and we run low on fresh water, we have an extra supply that will let us stay out longer.
As I said, Wendy posted her question on our Facebook RV Lifestyle Group. It brought in more than 40 responses from members.
Here are some of the replies and suggestions:
Jack: I top off at home before leaving I often top off at a paid campsite before leaving there. Most truck stops have water hose at or near the pumps that you can use to top off. Any gas station would probably let you top off especially if you tip the attendant a $10 or $20. If you use a small pump you can pump creek water if you can get close enough but make sure you chlorinate it to kill any bacteria or parasites.
Dave: I use several 3-gallon water jugs with handles. Much easier to carry 2 three-gallon jugs then 1 five-gallon jug. all drinking water we use goes through a Brita water filter first.
Renee: Some fire stations will let you fill your RV freshwater tank.
Cindi: We also carry a 60-gallon tank in the back of our truck that we fill as well. We have a small transfer pump that pumps into the camper. Between coffee and washing we always run out of water before our grey or black tanks are full.
Robert: We boondock nearly all the time. Water has never been an issue nor have we ever paid for water. Gas Stations, parks, a few stores, and a brewery have helped us out. You also need a Water Bandit
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RV PODCAST INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK – Moochdocking resources
This week, we'll learn about a new website called Moochdocker.com that will help you find places for moochdocking, offering still another resource for RVers who want to avoid overcrowded and overpriced campgrounds. One of the moochdocking spots available on the site is shown in our featured image at the very top of this post, a moochdocking spot in Montana.
Our guest is Suzann Lankford, who founded the Moochdocking site. Here is a transcript of the interview:
Suzann Lankford, founder of Moochdocker.com
Moochdocking – Boondocking on private land of friends and family
Mike Wendland: Well, on the other end of our podcast line is Suzann Lankford. She is the founder of moochdocker.com and we're going to learn all about that in the interview of the week now. Suzann, welcome to the podcast.
Suzann Lankford: Thank you so much, Mike. I'm happy to be here.
Mike Wendland: Well tell us, first of all, a lot of people don't know that term, they're still figuring out boondocker. What is the term moochdocking all about?
Suzann Lankford: We kind of came up with that concept from moochdocking… and moochdocking is typically when you stay on somebody else's property, normally a friend or a family member and you're kind of mooching off of their land or their driveway and not paying. You're kind of just mooching off their land. That's how Moochdocker came about. We wanted to include a normal name from RVing that everybody kind of knows, but also want to ingrain that into getting paid, the host getting paid for putting up their land or even driveway.
Mike Wendland: It's kind of like the concept that, of the VRBO and all the peer to peer rentals. We just had somebody who started one similar thing with church parking lots.
Suzann Lankford: Oh yes, Faithful Parking.
Mike Wendland: Yeah, tell us, first of all, a little bit about you and how you came to form moochdocker.com.
How Suzann's appreciation of moochdocking led to her website
Suzann Lankford: Absolutely. I like many others, wanted the dream, a dream road trip and dream, go all around the United States and explore. And of course that would be in an RV for me. And I saved all my pennies. Saved probably for about almost five to seven years, saving up for my dream RV. And it's actually happened finally in 2016 and I bought my first RV and was a Chinook, classic Chinook and I renovated it. But with buying that I had to drive it from California to Montana and it was kind of last minute, it was a great deal. I found it and the owners were selling it within a week. I kind of had to act fast.
And on that drive back from California, I was having such a hard time finding parking or an overnight stay or even a campground. Anything to feel secure, to feel safe as a single woman, driving alone and traveling alone. A lot of Walmart parking lots and a lot of Cracker Barrels or any of the overnight spots lately and even gas stations or truck stops are not allowing overnight spots for RVers anymore. It's that dreaded 2:00 o'clock in the morning, knock on your RV, asking you to leave or even just not feeling safe and not having a restful night of sleep as a single female traveling alone. Go ahead, Mike.
Mike Wendland: Just I'm looking at your website now. You started the thing, but what gave you the idea for a site for moochdocking then?
Suzann Lankford: I wanted a platform that even if you're traveling last minutes or even if you're wanting to spend the night at a farm or spend a night in the wide open on somebody else's property or even get close to a city where there's not a lot of RV parking and people have these driveways that you can just overnight park in. I wanted to have the opportunity for RVers that is presently not available. And even with these sites that you have to book out six months in advance near national parks or near hotspots, I wanted to create that opportunity to one, have hosts actually make money because it is kind of a peer to peer platform. And then also give RVers that peace of mind, that having a spot for the night and not having to worry about it, not have it in the back of your mind of not knowing where to park that night.
How many moochdocking spots are on Moochdocker.com?
Mike Wendland: Now, how many host sites do you have? And where are they located? I'm on your site now. Very, very nice easy site to look at, but it looks like to me, most of them at this point seem to be out west a lot in Montana, the Pacific Northwest of course, key destinations for every RVer. But where do you see this growing? Are you adding new sites every week? Help us understand.
Suzann Lankford: Absolutely. Right now we have 50 sites available and you're correct, most are in the West and we are based in Montana. A lot of our spots are in Montana right now. We have some, actually we only have one in Florida and it's quite funny if anybody's seen the Tiger King on Netflix, it is right near the Big Cat Rescue. If you want to stay there and visit Big Cat Rescue or get involved with that more than love them. But we are growing, we are trying to get more hosts. If anybody has people that they know that have land or driveways that they would love to make extra money by just hosting an RVer, we will gladly get them onboarded and up on our site.
How much does it cost for moochdocking with the hosts?
doMike Wendland: Give us an idea of the cost involved. Now there's no membership fee for anybody using moochdocker.com, right?
Suzann Lankford: Correct. Correct. No membership fee and you get most of the money that you make for that night. We only take a small percentage and you make the rest of that money as a host.
Mike Wendland: And what are the fees that the host charges? Is there a standard fee? Does it vary from location? Is it whatever the host wants to set?
Suzann Lankford: It's whatever the host wants to set. Let's say if you're near a national park, you want your rate to be a little bit higher, just because you are more in demand and even if you have electricity on your site or if you have wifi available for RVers, you can actually charge a premium. Or if you want to sell firewood, it's whatever amenities you want to add on top of your fee that you set yourself.
Mike Wendland: Can you give us an estimate ranging from what to what per night as you've put these different sites up?
Suzann Lankford: Yeah. Right now we have $20 a night all the way up to $60 a night. And I assume if you're closer, once we get more hosts, closer to more attractions and more city based, I would assume those would go up as well.
Mike Wendland: Now, if somebody says, "This makes sense to me, we've got a couple of spots." Do they have to have any particular kind of insurance? Or are there any hoops they have to jump through to become a moochdocking host?
Want to be a moochdocking host?
Suzann Lankford: That's a great question, Mike. We as Moochdocker, the company actually has an insurance plan so nobody on the host side needs to have insurance.
Mike Wendland: That's a great thing.
Suzann Lankford: Exactly.
Mike Wendland: For example, I have a little spot in my yard, wherever 30 amp and a pad and all that stuff. All I do is I'm not going to do this case to any of our fans think I'm going to because my RV is out there. But if I were going to, I would simply open up that spot, give it a description and I could list it with you and it would be up there. It's a great way for people to make a little extra money with their property.
Suzann Lankford: Exactly. Just contact our onboarding specialist and we'll get you set up right away.
How do you find a moochdocking spot on Moochdocker.com?
Mike Wendland: Now, let's go back to the RVer who this year in particular has been extremely frustrated as they've traveled the country and they have tried to find a place to stay in campgrounds overfilled, many still partially open. How do they find a spot? Walk us through the moochdocking procedure when you go to moochdocker.com, how does the RVer find that spot?
Suzann Lankford: Absolutely. Just go to our website, moochdocker.com and then go to find a listing and you can actually browse. There's two ways you can browse on the map or you can browse within, you can just select your city or your zip code and browse that way. And you can visit it on your phone or just a regular computer as well.
Mike Wendland: And then you just contact the host and say, "Hey, we'll be there tomorrow night at 5:00 o'clock." And that's all you have to do.
Suzann Lankford: Exactly, yep.
Mike Wendland: Now, differentiation between the other sites, moochdocker.com and places like, well there's like Harvest Hosts and Overnight RV Parking and Boondockers Welcome. How does moochdocker.com differentiate between those other sites like that?
Suzann Lankford: Yeah, absolutely. Harvest Hosts, definitely I love Harvest Hosts and they definitely want you to stay one night and then be on your way. And of course spend some money at the winery or golf destination that you're at and that's how their business model works. The host only gets money when you spend money at the winery or whatever and then the Boondockers Welcome, we kind of compare it to couch surfing. It's very communal based and that's a subscription model. Whereas with ours, it's a peer to peer and both the host benefits and the RVer moochdocking benefits. The host makes money every time a RVer comes, whereas Boondockers Welcome, they do not.
Mike Wendland: Right. And Overnight RV Parking, that's kind of an aggregate site that just list all sorts of places. And they're all very helpful sites. I like all of them.
Suzann Lankford: Absolutely.
Mike Wendland: Harvest Hosts of course is also a membership site and Moochdocker, you are not a membership site. Costs us nothing to go on and find a great spot. I'm looking at the site now and I see some fabulous moochdocking photographs of some of the places that you have in areas that I would like to visit. As you visit national parks from Yellowstone, Glacier, Montana, you're not that far from any of them.
Mike Wendland: And then I see some of them that are literally a driveway and somebody has a driveway that you can stay in.
Mike Wendland: While we are going to recommend that to our folks to check out, as they're looking for places to stay. Moochdocker.com is the website. And if you have some property as well, that you want to make available and become a part of all of that, you can go to the site and there's information on how to become a host as well. Suzann Lankford has been our guest. And thank you so much.
And I know you're sitting by the side of the road in your RV right now so I'm always kind of worried that I'm going to cause somebody to get into an accident there. When you head back on the highway, just look both ways, but thank you very much and I know you're going to get lots of check outs from our audience as they look at moochdocker.com. Thank you, Suzann.
Suzann Lankford: Thank you so much, Mike. Have a great day.
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OFF THE BEATEN PATH REPORT – The Land between the Lakes
The RV Podcast off the beaten path reporters Tom & Patti Burkett
BY TOM & PATTI BURKETT
If you drive a long, narrow, dirt and gravel road, without name, almost to the edge of the Cumberland River, you can just get to Saint Stephen's Church. The trim white one-room building is surrounded by a neat picket fence and presides over a cemetery that has been just as carefully put back in order. That it's here at all is bit of a miracle.
In 1944 the Tennessee Valley Authority completed the Kentucky dam on the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake began to fill. It's the largest lake east of the Mississippi if you measure by surface area, and has a shoreline more than two thousand miles long. Its creation swallowed up more than a dozen towns and settlements and forced the relocation of thousands of residents.
St. Stephens, Land Between the Lakes
In 1966 Lake Barkley, on the Cumberland River, finished filling behind Barkley Dam and created the same scenario just a few miles away across the ridge. For generations, the area had been called 'land between the rivers.' President John Kennedy worked with the TVA to purchase nearly all of it, more than two hundred and fifty square miles, and it was renamed Land Between the Lakes.
It was turned over to the US Forest Service in 1998, designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 2005, and removed from the World Biosphere program by the Trump administration in 2016.
The biggest town in the strip was Golden Pond, a regional settlement along US 68. The growth of Kentucky Lake had brought fishing and hunting businesses to town, and things were looking up when the purchase was announced and, within a few years, it was a ghost town.
Inside St. Stephen's
Now there are no residents in the entire park, all the buildings have been removed, and the site of Golden Pond is marked by a set of interpretive signs at a turnout. How did the church survive this purge? As the story is told, it was somehow omitted from the maps that were in use during the transition, and the road to it was erased by the flooding.
Twenty years ago it was rediscovered by hikers and, through an extraordinary effort, descendants of those buried in the cemetery negotiated with the Forest Service to restore the building. Thousands of work hours later, the church is again usable and the closest forest service road has been extended, sort of, to allow access.
Our high clearance Roadtrek had no trouble negotiating it, but you might not want to try it in something that rode lower to the ground. The building and grounds are lovely in the late afternoon light, reminiscent of some of the iconic locations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Elk at the Land Between the Lakes
Another thing that makes Land Between the Lakes a great destination is its dark sky designation. Find a spot away from the many, many trees to look up at night for one of the best views of the heavens in the Eastern USA. To add to your astronomical pleasure, the Golden Pond Planetarium in the middle of the park offers lots of programs and regular nighttime viewings with their telescopes. One of the best programs is 'Tonight's Sky Live' which gives pointers on where to look and what to see tonight.
While you're at the visitor center, don't forget to buy a token for the elk and bison prairie, a few miles to the south. As you drive along the loop, you'll likely see all or part of the park's herds wandering among the trees or grazing in the fields. Both of these animals were once native to most of the Eastern USA and The Trace, the name of the main road running through the park, is reference to the buffalo trace, an ancient migratory path used by both bison and Native Americans for thousands of years.
Farther south still you'll find the Homeplace Farm, where costumed interpreters work the land just as they would have in the mid nineteenth century. You'll see mules, sheep, pigs, chickens, and a variety of crops being harvested. And the church isn't the only little-known wonder in the park. A long chat with one of the park's rangers may well set you off on your own adventure of discovery, out here off the beaten path
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Emerging with a sound unlike any other in 1994, KoRn has become one of the most important bands in rock n' roll history. Not including KoRn's soon to debut album, the LA-based band has released eight full-length studio albums and 11 releases overall, with eight of those selling platinum or platinum plus. KoRn has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, has played countless sold-out shows and has received six Grammy nominations; two of which they have won for "Freak on a Leash" and "Here to Stay" respectively. Their ninth offering, "KoRn III: Remember Who You Are" embraces the savage, raw energy that KoRn's diehard fans have come to expect over the years while unleashing an uneasiness reminiscent of the band's most unbridled material. This makes sense, since the record was produced by Ross Robinson, who helmed KoRn's first two groundbreaking albums.
"Back in the day Jägermeister was one of the first brands to back KoRn. Those early tours were some of the best times of our lives. Now we are looking to bring that vibe back in a big way," says KoRn front man Jonathan Davis.
The 16th Annual Jägermeister Music Tour will feature Jägermeister custom tour prizes from Schecter Guitars and Peavey Electronics. In addition, Jägermeister will be hosting nightly text-to-win giveaways including tap machines, tee shirts, hats and other branded POS. Giveaways are subject to state and local laws and participants must be of legal drinking age or older.
Jägermeister, which translates to "master hunter", is the #1 selling imported liqueur in the United States and one of the top shot brands in the world. The liqueur is based on a secret recipe of 56 herbs, blooms, roots and fruits from around the world. Jägermeister, with the distinctive square bottle, was developed in 1934 in Germany and the brand quickly gained global fame through its innovative marketing, unique taste profile and its association with good times. Jägermeister Liqueur is 35% Alc./Vol. and imported exclusively by Sidney Frank Importing Company, Inc., New Rochelle, NY www.jager.com. Jägermeister is available in the following sizes in the United States: 50ml, 100ml, 200ml, 375ml, 750ml, 1L, 1.75L.


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Q: Debugging mode in MySQL Workbench When running queries in MySQL workbench, some of them are captured to the log file at either:

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*MySQL/Workbench/logs

*MySQL/Workbench/sql_history
However, I'd like to see ALL the possible queries that MySQL workbench does. Is there a way to do this on the client-side, i.e., where MySQL workbench is running? For example, it would be nice to see how these graphs are being generated and the system data is being grabbed, etc.:

A: To see all queries sent to a server check the general/slow query log (it must be activated for that server, of course).
Alternatively, for these graphs check the source code of MySQL Workbench. Use the labels below the graphs to find a location in code. For example the "InnoDB Buffer Usage" graph is created in plugins/wb.admin/Frontend/wb_admin_monitor.py. Study the code to learn which variables are queried to get series of values.

A: To capture all queires you have to enable generll log in the my.ini/cnf file, the you wil find under the     [mysqld] section
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log-output=FILE
general-log=1
general_log_file="C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 8.0/Data/general_log.log"

But be cqarefull that gets realy fast, very full and should only be enabled for debuggi9ng reasons for a short period of time.
For the folder of the file it is necessary to have read/write permisssions in it, but when you use the data directory you should have it.

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Cross-platform wrapper to read passphrases from the terminal.
Emit the password prompt prompt, then read up to buflen bytes of passphrase into output. Return the number of bytes in the passphrase, excluding terminating NUL.
Definition at line 50 of file getpass.c.


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Anselm Grün (também escrito como Anselm Gruen) (nascido em 14 de janeiro de 1945 em Junkershausen, Alemanha) é um monge beneditino alemão. Está sob o comando da parte financeira da Abadia de Münsterschwarzach, da Ordem de São Bento, e é autor de aproximadamente 300 livros com foco na espiritualidade. Dos seus livros, mais de 15 milhões de cópias foram vendidas em 30 idiomas. São mais de 100 livros traduzidos no Brasil, sendo 90 lançados pela Editora Vozes. Além disso, Anselm Grün ministra cursos e palestras, e faz aconselhamento espiritual. Por alegadamente relativizar a doutrina da igreja católica, é por vezes apontado como herege por alguns sectores conservadores da Igreja, ainda sim, é estimado por muitas pessoas como guia espiritual e está entre os autores cristãos mais lidos da atualidade.

Biografia

Grün terminou o colégio em 1964 com nota geral dez e fez o vestibular alemão, optando pelo curso de gramática em Würzburg, Alemanha. No mesmo ano, começou como noviço na Abadia beneditina Münsterschwarzach, que fica próxima à universidade. De 1965 até 1971 estudou filosofia e teologia na St. Ottilien Archabbey e em Roma. Em 1974 completou seu PhD em teologia na Karl Rahner. De 1974 até 1976, Anselm Grün estudou Economia em Nuremberg. Foi quando tornou-se tesoureiro (Do original: Cellerar) e responsável por toda a administração econômica da abadia de Münsterschwarzach, com 280 empregados e 20 investimentos externos.

Grafia e pronúncia
A letra do alfabeto alemão, ü (com trema), pode ser substituída por ue. Por isso, a grafia de Grün pode ser encontrada como Gruen. A pronúncia correta é um u fechado, como o do francês, mas é aceita, também, com o som de i.

No Brasil
Anselm Grün realizou uma série de encontros no Brasil, no ano de 2014. Esteve em São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília e Fortaleza. Sua última visita havia acontecido cerca de 15 anos antes.

Ligações externas

 Official Website of Anselm Grün

Católicos da Alemanha
Escritores da Alemanha
Teólogos da Alemanha
Beneditinos
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Dear Duke friends, I'm sad to share that, according to her FB account, Stephanie Niznik passed away last week. She then studied M.A.at Cal Arts where she started to perform roles like Vanishing Son and Murder She Wrote in the series.
Niznik is best known for her role as helpful neighbor Nina Feeney in "Everwood", which she played from 2002 to the end of the series in 2006 (four seasons).
She also had parts on Diagnosis Murder, Star Trek: Enterprise, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, NCIS, Lost and Grey's Anatomy. She graduated from Duke University with majors in theater and Russian. Niznik returned to the franchise to play the Wraith in the show's Rogue Planet episode, Star Trek after watching the movie Star Trek.
In 2017, Niznik was among the Everwood stars that reunited at the Television Critics Association in honor of the show's 15th anniversary. Stephanie Niznik was final seen within the film, The Twenty, which was launched in 2009.
Pearce made his debut as a teenager in 2008 and then unfairly shouldered most of the blame for seven series losses. Annesley met with referees on Monday after a series of errors in round 16 which he said just wasn't "good enough".
Unfortunately Pedro never had the chance to play with Lampard on the pitch. Pedro said: " We've been training really hard with Frank this week ".
Series creator Greg Berlanti and executive producer Rina Mimoun were also at the reunion, though Chris Pratt and Sarah Drew did not make the event.
Before she died she was an active volunteer for several charity organizations. "She was so kind, and so fun to work with". In accordance with, USA publication Selection, the dying of Stephanie Niznik was "surprising".
Stephanie Niznik was 52 years old when she died. She is survived by her mother, her stepfather, brother, and her two dogs, Nucleus and Jake.
UN launches 'comprehensive' review of Philippine drug war
Mortal Kombat movie is R-rated and features fatalities
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United Kingdom police to investigate leak of ambassador's memos
He added that the British have "got to stop their leaking problems there just like they have to stop them in our country". Sir Nigel resigned after confidential diplomatic cables were leaked in which he criticised the Trump administration.
With emotion evident on her face, Debbie Skaggs threw a ideal strike on her ceremonial first pitch. In one of the most incredible moments EVER on a baseball field. the L.A.
USWNT Player Has Hotel Room Burglarized, Key to City Stolen After ESPY's
USA soccer star Allie Long's L.A. hotel room was broken into. and her wedding ring, cash and her honorary key to NYC were stolen. The USWNT then flew to Los Angeles to attend the ESPYs , where the squad won the "Best Team" award.
Friends reunited as WarnerMedia names HBO Max as DTC brand
According to Business Insider , DC Universe will remain as a separate service and there aren't yet plans to roll it into HBO Max . Several other shows like " Riverdale ", "Flash" and "Dynasty", maybe on Netflix for many, many years to come.
Federer beats Nadal to reach record 12th Wimbledon final
Federer finally clinched it on his fifth match point of the match and let out a scream upon reaching his 12th Wimbledon final. In 2003 the Swiss played his first championship clash in the All England Club, now he will face Novak Djokovic on Sunday.
South Korea, Japan Descend Further Into Tech Spat
At a briefing on Friday, Japanese officials said that the topic of supply chains was not brought up. Seoul sees Japan's curbs as retaliation for disputes over former Korean wartime labor.
'OMGFFFFGGG': Giddy Billie Eilish releases Justin Bieber remix of 'Bad Guy' Eilish has made no secret about her feelings for Avril, recently telling Pitchfork , "Avril Lavigne was everything to me, dude". The management of the channel limited the video of Billie Eilish during childhood and before or after the children's channels.
Heidi Klum is secretly married to rocker Tom Kaulitz While Tom doesn't have any kids, he'd be stepfather to Heidi' four children from her previous marriages. "But so far so good". Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz attend a photocall for the Unicef Summer Gala in Porto Cervo, Italy, on August 10, 2018.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 Shares Its Launch Trailer This, combined with your constant amnesic companion Malroth, definitely makes Dragon Quest Builder 2 a lively game. Players will also gain access to an all-new island with the materials needed to build these new recipes.
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Serena Williams Praises Meghan Markle After Wimbledon Visit An official organising Meghan's visit claimed it had been hard , telling The Times , "It was a nightmare, she was a nightmare". And if this is a sign the rift has passed, the women's appearance together earlier this week will help confirm it.
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Denny Jump (Bellevue, WA, United States) on 9 October 2010 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
I posted this image today primarily to show some of the key elements of the rocks and vegetation in the park.
In addition to the Joshua Tree which we have already discussed, there are two other very important desert plants. The plant in the center that appears to be completely "dead" is actually not dead. It is a "Black Bush" (coleogyne ramosissima) and is an important neighbor to the Joshua Tree and other plants and animals. The golden colored bush on the right is the creosote bush (larrea tridentata) This is a very common desert shrub. It has been utilized by the indians down through the ages for various purposes.
Now, if you look closely in the rock to the left and the pointed rock in the upper right-hand corner of this frame, you will see lighter colored lines or "veins" running in a somewhat perpendicular line through them. These "veins" are actually quartz. An amazing site is enjoyed, especially in the larger mounds, as these veins of quartz extend, in some cases, for hundreds of yards across and through the rocks. Unfortunately, I have no images of these longer strands of veins, so this will be put on my "to do" list for the next visit.
Excellent composition and details in this capture Denny! Also excellent background information. By the way, did the hiker from LA that survived for six day in Joshua Tree NP without food or water, after getting lost, make the news back east.
@Bill Brown: Hi Bill - We have been pretty occupited lately bt I don't think much was noted about it...I may have missed it though. I have to say that I am totally unaware of it..that guy is lucky!! The temps out there can still hit 100 easily depending on where you are in the park and the nightime lows can be perhaps even more dangerous...thanks for your really nice comment.
That's better - thanks for the info !
@Tamara: Hi Tamra - we made it! I may post a few pics after this series..I am building a stock and also I may drop back my postings a bit..perhaps down to 3 or 4 a week...just too many things going on ya know?? All the best - have a wonderful weekend!!
BEautiful image . Great blue sky and that tree is really perfect !
@Mariana Maodush: Hi Mariana - Thank you - yes the blue skies are always wonderful out ther in Feb and Marhc especially.
@Larry Elkins: Thanks Larry...I love your images yesterday and today...take care sir!
So incredible with all those shapes fighting for attention. Beautiful image.
@Phil D. Morris: Hi Phil - Thank you sir!
Very interesting plants and rocks. The quartz veins are cool.
@Steve Rice: Hi Steve - yes they are fascinating...there are so many wonderful things about that Park!
@john4jack: Hey Jack - thank you sir!!
That amazingly blue sky just pops right out at ya! Great shot!!!!
@Julie: Yes it does even when you are there...thanks Julie!!
I love the deep shadows that make the rock on the left have such a unique shape. I will still remember the strong smell of creosote in the air after a desert downpour and in he morning, too. Nothing like that smell.
Beautiful! I love the colors and details. Nice joshua tree, too!
Hi again, Yes -- you are absolutey right about Senor Wences and his hand-drawn character. Ha. I can really see it now. You and your imagination!! Love it!!
@peggy n: I owe it all to youPegs!! Love you guys! And thank you dearie!
Beautiful colors captured here. And it's interesting to note how straight those veins of quartz are.


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Justice department reprioritises funds to kickstart elite NPA unit
The National Treasury is yet to allocate funds for the prosecution unit
19 June 2019 - 19:22 Claudi Mailovich
Hermione Cronje, right. Picture: GCIS
The department of justice and constitutional development has had to reprioritise its budget to kickstart a new elite prosecution unit that is meant to investigate those implicated in state capture.
The National Treasury is yet to provide funds for the unit, which was established to look into revelations made at the commissions of inquiry into state capture, the SA Revenue Service and the Public Investment Corporation.
The new directorate was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February. It was seen as a massive step in upping the fight against corruption, which has been one of Ramaphosa's priorities since he took office. So far, only R38.4m has been made available.
In response to questions from Business Day, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the new directorate, which is led by Hermione Cronje, has so far been started up with funds reprioritised by the CFO of the justice department from the "baseline budget" in the national budget.
Presenting the budget in February, finance minister Tito Mboweni said no money had been allocated for the directorate. He said then that the Treasury and the justice department would work closely with the NPA on the matter.
NPA communications director Bulelwa Makeke said the medium-term expenditure framework process needed to be followed and that the NPA's bid would be considered by the Treasury in the adjusted estimates of national expenditure (AENE) in October.
"The NPA has prepared a budget request in line with the prescripts. In the interim, the department of justice and constitutional development has repriortised within the budget vote and has made funds available for the investigating directorate in line with the AENE budget request," Makeke said.
The NPA had prepared a bid to access funds from the criminal assets recovery account, which is a separate account within the national revenue fund, into which monies and property are deposited after a judicial forfeiture or confiscation order, she said.
The request was considered by the development committee's criminal assets recovery account-subcommittee in a meeting on Tuesday, she said. There has not yet been any indication as to whether the bid was successful.
National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi has met new justice and constitutional development minister Ronald Lamola and raised the issue of funds for the NPA, as well as for the investigating directorate.
Makeke said Batohi had discussed the NPA's key priorities, as well as the prosecuting authority's budget challenges.
"We can confirm that he (Lamola) is committed to supporting the NPA in its submissions for budget for the NPA as a whole, and the investigating directorate specifically, both in the AENE and the estimates of national expenditure process and for the criminal assets recovery account bid," Makeke said.
The Treasury referred questions to the justice department.
Chrispin Phiri, Lamola's spokesman, said it was important to the new minister that the NPA's independence was unhindered by anything. Lamola would ensure that the NPA and the criminal justice system had the financial means to fulfil their constitutional mandate, Phiri said.
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Q: How to pass Authorization header in API POST call in dart? I'm working with flutter application and I want to know how we pass an authorization header in POST request. Here is the code I tried. I need help to know how to do this in the correct way.
    Future<String> addCartItemToDb({String userId}) async {
    try {
      final res = await http.post(
        _baseURL,
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "accept": "*/*",
          "Authorization": "token"
        },
        body: jsonEncode({"userId": userID})
      );
      return _response(res);
    }on SocketException {
      throw CustomException("No internet Connection");
    }on FormatException {
      throw CustomException("Bad Response format !");
    }
  }

Further, I want to know how we decode that token I passed in the header to get userid to that user who already logged in.

A: final uri = Strings.base_url_api+Strings.nearby_cons;

var requestBody = {
  "organization_id": _orgID.toString()
};

http.Response response = await http.post(uri,
  headers: <String, String>{
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer $_auth'
  },
  body: requestBody,
);

if (response.statusCode == 200) {

  var responseJson = json.decode(response.body);
  print(responseJson);

} else {
  print('Status code error.. Check your API method or URL.. ');
}

A: final jobsListAPIUrl = constants.BASE_URL+'bookings/retail/0/20/?status='+constants.BOOKING_CONFIRM_KEY+'&filter=0';
print(jobsListAPIUrl);
var response = await http.get(jobsListAPIUrl,headers: {'Authorization':'Token '+widget.token});
print(response.body);


I want to stop it but I don't know how to.
I once tested out an exact-o knife on my thumb out of curiousity while I was working on a project. How well would it cut? How long would it take to heal? Would it hurt that much? There're lots of nerve endings in your fingers. Found out, not gonna try again.
Sometimes I used to shower in just hot water, and feel my body become cold and numb. There was one time where I was filled with angry, hateful emotions, so I bit into my arm- not a mouthful but like a pinch. Then I wondered if I could bite through- since humans are capable of biting through bone. It was a unique feel so I did it a few more times. Unfortunately, I was left with some tiny scars, but they aren't noticeable in the least.
I remember whenever I had paper, I would run it over myself to see if it would cut. School friends would laugh and shake their head. Kids do dumb things all the time. This was not so different- testing the limits.
When one of my metal snap hair clips snapped (ironically), one of the part was sharp. I ran it over my legs. It was fascinating really how a touch and a drag could incite a tingle throughout. I realized later on that I had red lines crossing the expanse of my thighs. It was dark so I didn't realize how much pressure I was putting.
There are just some I can think of right now. I never ever considered what I have done to be self-harm, but when I've read what others have said their definition of it included, I wondered to myself: Is it?
I've never done it to relieve myself or anything. Merely out of curiosity, experimenting. I think if you're counting by emotions, maybe the shower incident would fit.


Not only can you now see all the latest news and views from the Alex, you can now see them on the move after Player was made available on tablets and mobile devices!With exclusive interviews and behind the scenes footage, Crewe Alex Player is the best place for you to get closer to everything that is going on at the Alexandra Stadium.
By downloading the official Football League app you can then access all of the Player videos on the move by simply logging in using your existing username. Of course, you need a current Player subscription to be able to do this.
You'll also get live commentary of every single game, so what are you waiting for!


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Davidoff Opening New Store in Seminole Hard Rock Next Week
The new Davidoff of Geneva — since 1911 store at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. is now open.
Davidoff has announced grand opening parties for Jan. 8 and 9 for the new store.
It measures 1,924-square-feet and features a retail humidor, lounge, over 100 private lockers and bar.
The store is a franchise location owned by Bol Hospitality, which operates restaurants at the Hard Rock.
"Partnering with Davidoff of Geneva was the best decision for this project. Both Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood and Davidoff are synonymous with high quality products and exceptional experiences, which clearly made them a perfect fit," said Eric Douglas of Bol Hospitality. "The 1911 lounge is the space our cigar smoking guests have been waiting for. I can't wait to unveil this luxurious enclave."
The Seminole Hard Rock is located in Hollywood off I-95, roughly equal distance from Miami and Boca Raton. The property has hosted cigar events, most notably the 2019 Big Smoke Florida. It recently completed a $1.5 billion renovation which includes 17 new retail stores and a new hotel structure that is shaped like a guitar.
This will be the ninth flagship store in the U.S. joining the existing stores in: Atlanta, Brooklyn, Houston, Las Vegas, three locations in Manhattan and Tampa. The stores in Brooklyn, Las Vegas and Tampa are also franchise locations, while Davidoff owns the other five stores.
Update (Jan. 2, 2020) — Updated the dates about the grand opening parties. Davidoff originally indicated that the store had opened for a soft launch but now says that it did not soft open.
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Q: Understanding Borel Sets in Relation to Distributions Following up with my last question, I am self studying the book Elementary Stochastic Calculus with Finance in View. The author has lost me in some of the terseness of his explanation of distributions. I think some of it is the author sparing the reader the gorey theoretical details.
The author goes on to define the collection of probabilities
$P_x(B) = P(X \in B) = P(\{\omega : X(\omega) \in B\})$ for "suitable" subsets $B \subset \!R$
as the distribution of X. Intuitively I feel like this defines a Probability Mass Function for the random variable X. I am having trouble reasoning this out in my head.
He continues, stating the "suitable" subsets $B$ of $\!R$ are the Borel Sets, and that they are obtained by a countable number of operations $\cap, \cup, ^c$ acting on the intervals.
He does not specify which intervals. He uses this to hand-wave justify the equivalence of $F_x$, the so called Distribution Function (AKA the CDF) and this new concept, the Distribution. Through this equivalence either of them can be used calculate $P(X \in B)$.
How are borel sets related to probability and how do they help prove the equivilence of the CDF and PMF of a distribution? Part of my problem is thinking about this new concept of Borel Sets related to a random variable $X$. What does it contain? Is there a concrete example that can help solidify this in my head? I was able to understand $\sigma$-algebras, outcome spaces, and random variables being used to create a probability measure by looking at a simple coin flipping example. Does something like this exist to "teach by example" what a borel set is and it's relation to a probability distribution?
Thank you!


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Le Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg est une association étudiante combattante  dans la . Le corps de Kösen rassemble des étudiants et anciens élèves de l'Université Robert-Charles de Heidelberg. Les membres du corps sont appelés Knaxen.

Couleur et armoiries
Les Saxon-Prussiens portent les couleurs blanc-vert-noir-blanc avec des percussions argentées. Une  blanche est portée pour cela. Comme tous les Corps d'Heidelberg, le Saxo-Borussia n'a pas de Band de Fux : ce derniers ne portent que la casquette. De temps en temps, il est d'usage à Saxo-Borussia de porter un tonneau avec une  comme couvre-chef.

La devise est Virtus sola bonorum corona !.

Le blason de la société est écartelé et recouvert d'un écu central. Il montre (héraldique) juste au- dessus des armoiries saxonnes avec une bague en diamant, en haut à gauche l'aigle prussien, croisé la chauve-souris en bas à droite dans la couronne de laurier et la première lettre du prix des armes GUN Gladius ultor Noster. De plus, les 11 membres fondateurs (XI) et la date de fondation sont donnés. Les couleurs du corps dans le champ en trois parties en bas à gauche. Le bouclier du milieu montre le Zirkel de la société.

Histoire
Le Corps Saxo-Borussia est fondé le  par des étudiants de l'Université Robert-Charles de Heidelberg. Il est suspendu du semestre d'hiver 1827/28 au  et du  au . Le Saxo-Borussia participe à l'Assemblée adjointe des couvents des aînés Jenenser et le  avec les autres corps d'Heidelberg pour fonder le Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband. Du  au , il est suspendu par l'université.

Au temps du national-socialisme, la Saxo-Borussia est suspendu par le SC à cause du repas d'asperges d'Heidelberg le , et par l'université le . Le senior Henning von Quast est arrêté. Le , le corps cesse ses activités. La suspension par le CS est annulée par arbitrage le .

Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, après quelques difficultés, la Saxo-Borussia a pu se reconstituer le  après quelques difficultés Comme en 1910, c'est le corps de banlieue qui préside en 1998 ; il fournit le président de l'oKC. Lors de la commémoration du 150 anniversaire du KSCV à Bad Kösen,  prononce le discours largement acclamé sur la réunification allemande.

Importance
Le Corps Saxo-Borussia se caractérise par la forte proportion de membres issus de familles aristocratiques allemandes et internationales. Il en va de même pour Constantin , roi de Grèce, les princes Guillaume et Oscar de Prusse et le dernier chancelier impérial, le prince Max de Bade. Néanmoins, des personnalités importantes de la vie culturelle et politique figurent également parmi les membres, comme l'homme politique libéral Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar ou le compositeur Robert Schumann. À l'époque impériale et sous la République de Weimar, le Saxo-Borussia est considérée comme le « corps le plus distingué de la chrétienté ». De nombreux membres ont atteint des postes élevés dans l'administration prussienne et dans le service extérieur du Reich allemand.

Mark Twain passe plusieurs mois à Heidelberg au cours de l'été 1878 et accorde une grande attention au corps là-bas. Pendant un certain temps, il fait partie d'une fraternité qu'il appelle corps du bonnet blanc ou corps prussien. Cela désigne clairement les Saxons-Prussiens avec leurs « grévistes » blancs.

La position sociale éminente du Saxo-Borussia signifie que le corps est souvent utilisé comme cible pour le ridicule et la satire dans la littérature. Dans cette optique, l'écrivain  écrit également en 1885 un début littéraire, une satire intitulée Die Saxo-Saxonen, qui se joue dans la "Ville universitaire de H.". Harry Domela, qui se fait passer pour le « Prince de Liven », est l'invité du Corps pendant plusieurs semaines à l'automne 1926. Il décrit très négativement ses expériences avec les Saxons-Prussiens dans son best-seller Le Faux Prince. Vie et aventure de Harry Domela. Kurt Tucholsky dédie le poème Saxo-Borussen au Corps, dans lequel il fait référence à Domela..

Maison du corps

Le maison du Corps Saxo-Borussia est situé sur le versant nord du . Il est construit en 1802 et appartient au Corps depuis 1874. Il est nommé Riesenstein sur proposition du président de l'AVS Harald von Siebert Son prédécesseur Franz-Adalbert baron von Rosenberg a son nom gravé dans le grès rouge au-dessus de l'entrée de la maison. Cela remonte peut-être au terme médiéval "géant" comme synonyme de "toboggan". Au Moyen Âge les pierres de carrière provenaient d'une carrière de la vallée « alésée ».

Relations extérieures
Dans les cartels avec le Borussia Bonn et la Saxonia Göttingen, la Saxo-Borussia appartient au cercle blanc. Le cartel avec le  est l'un des plus anciens du KSCV et fait ses preuves lors de la reconstitution de la Saxo-Borussia dans les années d'après-guerre. À partir des années 1840, il y a un cartel avec la Königsberger Corpslandmannschaft Lithuania. Quatre Littauer et six Silber-Litthauer deviennent Saxe-Prusse. Le cartel est dissous en 1866 avec la suspension des Silber-Litthauer. La Saxo-Borussia a 18 frères de corps en commun avec le .

Membres éminents

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Bibliographie
 Gerhart Berger, Detlev Aurand: ... Weiland Bursch zu Heidelberg... Eine Festschrift der Heidelberger Korporationen zur 600-Jahr-Feier der Ruperto Carola. Heidelberg 1986, S. 102–106.
 Heinz-Adolf von Brand und Maxtheodor Reichmann (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Geschichte der Saxo-Borussia zu Heidelberg, Bd. 1: 1820–1935. Heidelberg 1958.
  (Hrsg.): Weiß-Grün-Schwarz-Weiß. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Corps Saxo-Borussia zu Heidelberg. Bd. 2: 1934–2008. Heidelberg 2008.
 Robert von Lucius: "Als wär's ein Stück von mir" – Das Corps Saxo-Borussia in der Literatur. Einst und Jetzt, Jahrbuch des Vereins für corpsstudentische Geschichtsforschung, Bd. 55 (2010), S. 125–142.
 , Uwe Johannes Lützen, Michael Stolleis (Hrsg.): Saxo-Borussia, Dir gehör' ich! 200 Jahre Corps Saxo-Borussia zu Heidelberg 1820–2020. Heidelberg 2020, .

Liens externes

Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
Étudiant de l'université de Heidelberg
Fondation en 1820


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Q: How to have multiple Enviromental variables (MacOS Catalina) I have installed Python3 for MacOS (Catalina) with the setup that they provide. Python works perfectly on the console, and now I'm trying to install Flutter as another environmental variable.
I tried:

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*Creating a file nano $HOME/ .zshrc,

*Putting this inside that file
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/bryanenid/Documents/Coding/configs/flutter/bin"

*Re-open the console and nothing!
When I do echo $PATH, I see that python is using that variable.
Is there a way to have multiple variables like $PATH_FLUTTER permanently and making the terminal recognize all of them?

A: This worked for me!

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*Open up Terminal.

*Run the following command: sudo nano /etc/paths

*Enter your password, when prompted.

*Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the path you wish to add. In this case: /Users/bryanenid/Documents/Coding/configs/flutter/bin

*Hit control-x to quit.

*Enter "Y" to save the modified buffer.

*Enter again

*That's it!  To test it, in new terminal window, type the tool you want to use, in my case flutter
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How to settle accounts with the Treasury in the year of the pandemic | Economy
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted this year in all areas of life, also in the income tax return. The two and a half months of activity below zero imposed by the state of alarm in March and the trail of workers under temporary employment regulation files (ERTE) have fiscal consequences that will emerge in the spring of next year, when the declaration for 2020.
The significant drops in business turnover and wages will cause an inevitable decrease in the income of the Tax Agency, but they can also bring negative surprises to those affected, such as unexpected taxation next year. The millions of Spanish workers who have availed themselves of an ERTE at some point must know that this has tax implications and that they still have room for maneuver to manage its effect.
The state of alarm also supposes some adjustments in the reinvestment for habitual residence or when constituting a life annuity. In addition, and as a collateral effect of Covid-19, the 2021 Budgets include increases in labor and capital income in the highest incomes and a significant cut in the tax benefit of contributions to pension plans.
ERTEs and earned income
The 2020 fiscal year will have two payers for the millions of workers who have been or are in ERTE: their own company and the State Public Employment Service (SEPE). And this means that although revenues have fallen sharply, it will be probable to have the obligation to make the declaration and also to pay.
Only individuals who have received income from work equal to or less than 22,000 euros per year are exempt from filing the income statement, but provided they are from a single payer. And if there are several payers, the declaration is only avoided if what is received from the second payor does not exceed 1,500 euros. Thus, if more than 1,500 have been collected from the SEPE, the limit that requires filing for work income is not 22,000 euros but 14,000 euros. But in addition, it is possible that the return will be paid, since the SEPE payments have little withholding.
"If this year you are going to obtain income from work of more than 14,000 euros, partly satisfied by your company and partly by SEPE, having been in ERTE, get ready for the Income 2020 campaign, because you will have to declare and it is very likely let him come in ", they warn from the REAF. The income statement cannot be avoided but the worker who keeps his job can agree with his company a higher withholding to try that the 2020 income statement is not payable. As explained by REAF, It is possible to agree a withholding for personal income tax greater than that corresponding to the worker due to his salary level, if the level of savings allows it. And Hacienda will be happy to enter more.
Maternity deduction
ERTEs also have a considerable impact on maternity benefits. Working mothers with children under three years of age are entitled to an income tax deduction of 1,200 euros per year for each child, whether they are employed or self-employed and provided they are registered with Social Security. But in the case of ERTE in which the employment contract is suspended, the deduction is lost during the months in which the ERTE lasts, also for the self-employed in the months in which they have closed their business. And the same happens with the deductions for large families or for dependent persons with disabilities. In the case of ERTE for a reduction in working hours, the deduction remains intact since an activity continues.
Working from home has become the new work reality for thousands of workers, which has stirred up the debate on whether the delivery of computers, mobile phones, tablets or ergonomic chairs, and the payment of money to compensate for internet expenses and light should or should not be considered as compensation in kind. The General Directorate of Taxes plans to pronounce on this before the end of the year, given the possibility that more taxes will have to be paid for work income if all the material and resources necessary for teleworking are recognized as compensation in species. The other option would be to exempt them from the alarm situation imposed by the pandemic and determine their taxation in the future framework of teleworking.
In any case, it is also time to agree with the company before the end of the year the collection of remuneration in kind, which are exempt and thus allow the amount of taxable income to be reduced. This is the case of the transport check, the restaurant check or the medical insurance paid by the company.
Housing and rent in the state of alarm
The state of alarm reset the counter in several cases with significant tax benefits. Whoever sells their habitual home does not pay taxes on the proceeds if they reinvest it in the purchase of a house to live in within a maximum period of two years, an exemption period in which the alarm status of the first wave will not be computed. So, The time elapsed from March 14 to May 30 is not counted in that two-year period.
The accountant also stops for those who, already turned 65, carry out the sale of any good, be it a house or a package of shares. The capital gain is exempt if the proceeds are reinvested in a life annuity within six months, in which the days that the spring alarm state lasted will not be counted either.
The second home
The continuous restrictions on mobility are not a reason to stop paying for the second home. As indicated in Gestha, the union of technicians of the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Agency considers that it is not the effective use of the second home, but its availability, which generates the imputation of real estate income.
The rental agreement
The pandemic has strongly shaken the rental market and the severity of the crisis has just forced the Government to suspend evictions while the state of alarm lasts. But before reaching the extreme case of non-payment, many tenants have resorted to moratoriums and agreements with their landlords, which will be reflected in the income statement. The landlord will be taxed on the new agreed rent and will not be able to reflect income if a deferral in payment has been agreed. Of course, expenses during this moratorium, such as painting or fixing the heating or elevator, will continue to be equally deductible.
The landlord will continue to enjoy in any case a reduction of 60% of the net income obtained from the rental, as long as the use of the property is as the tenant's habitual residence, not for economic activities or if he only rents it seasonally.
Subsidies and aid are also taxed
The Tax Agency indicates as a general rule that all subsidies or aid received by individuals are considered capital gains and therefore are subject to personal income tax. Taxes are also paid on those delivered to the self-employed. Therefore, they pay the minimum vital income, the Renove Plan for the acquisition of vehicles, subsidies from the State Housing Plan and others from the autonomous communities, or the aid from the Covid-19 Fund distributed by the autonomies, according to Gestha. From REAF, and appealing to the fact that many aids have been activated for people in vulnerable situations due to the pandemic, they defend that they should be exempted.
More deduction on donations
The tax benefit of donations has been extended this year, with effect from January 1. Thus, the deduction for what was donated has been increased by 5 percentage points, with which it will be possible to deduct 80% of the first 150 euros donated. "The rest of the donation entitles you to deduct 35% of its amount, unless you regularly make donations to that same entity, in which case this last percentage will be 40%", they explain in REAF.
Changes in pension plans
The year of the pandemic will also be the year of goodbye to the current tax benefit for individual pension plans. Ready for the final green light for the 2021 Budgets, it will be the last time to make contributions of a maximum of 8,000 euros per year to the individual pension plan and that have the tax benefit of reducing the taxpayer's tax base. Thus, whoever has a maximum marginal rate of 45% can thus obtain a saving of 3,600 euros.
The contribution to pension plans is in fact a common formula to lower the tax bill before the end of the year, since the participant achieves a tax saving equivalent to its marginal rate. And there is more reason this year since, according to the Budgets, the contribution with the right to deduction will be reduced in 2021 from 8,000 to 2,000 euros for individual plans. There will be an option instead of contributing up to 10,000 euros with the same tax benefit to a company pension plan. They also deduct the contributions to an individual plan in favor of the spouse – as long as their income is very low – although they will go from 2,500 euros this year to 1,000 euros in 2021.
The classic tips before the year is out
Whoever bought his house before 2013, still has the deduction for housing and the recommendation is to make the most of it and amortize up to 9,040 euros, to enjoy a tax saving of 15%. Another option to try to lower the tax bill is to materialize capital losses, very abundant this year in the market, to reduce the tax on capital gains. Repaying funds with losses to pay less for the sale of a house, for example.
Do numbers if there are high incomes
Job. The 2021 Budgets foresee raising the tax on earned income above 300,000 euros by 2 percentage points, so these taxpayers may be interested in advancing income before the end of the year. And without being entrepreneurs, advance sales or income and defer expenses to 2021.
Saving. Taxation on savings will also go up in 2021, as expected in the Budgets, for earnings that exceed 200,000 euros, which will be taxed at 26% from the current 23%. In the event that a transfer of assets is planned that generates large capital gains, such as the sale of a high-value property, it is therefore advisable to advance the operation to this year.
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Beyonce, Jay-Z and Grande in Oscars race as shortlists unveiled
21 December 2021, 4:25 pm ·3-min read
Pop superstar Beyonce and her rapper husband Jay-Z both made the shortlist for the best original song Oscar (AFP/AL BELLO)
Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ariana Grande are all in the running for the best original song Oscar, but French shock-fest "Titane" did not make the shortlist for best foreign film, as the Academy unveiled its annual shortlists Tuesday ahead of the formal nominations.
Pop superstar Beyonce's ballad "Be Alive" -- penned for the tennis biopic "King Richard," about the father of Serena and Venus Williams (played by Will Smith) -- was on a list of 15 tracks, which will be whittled down to a final five before March's Oscars.
She will compete against her husband Jay-Z, who produced Netflix Western "The Harder They Fall," and teamed up with Kid Cudi for the movie's track "Guns Go Bang."
Grande appears in satire "Don't Look Up," in which her pop star character sings "Just Look Up" to implore the public to take seriously the impending threat of a comet plummeting towards Earth.
Billie Eilish's 007 theme song "No Time To Die" also made the list.
So did "Dos Oruguitas" from Disney's animated film "Encanto," a song composed by "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who only needs an Oscar to complete the coveted EGOT collection of awards -- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony.
Fifteen contenders were unveiled for the international feature film Academy Award, from among 92 eligible movies. Each country is only permitted to submit one film.
France boasts the most foreign film nominations of any country in Oscars history, but will watch from the sidelines this year after its selection, Julia Ducournau's Palme d'Or-winning body-horror "Titane," failed to make the cut.
The ultra-violent movie about a female serial killer who has sex with automobiles, before tricking a firefighter into believing she is his long-lost son, may have proven too controversial for Academy voters.
The shortlist includes frontrunners such as Paolo Sorrentino's coming-of-age drama "The Hand of God" (Italy) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car" (Japan), based on a Haruki Murakami short story.
Iran's Asghar Farhadi -- among a select group of auteurs to have won multiple foreign film Oscars previously with "A Separation" and "The Salesman" -- again makes the cut with morality drama "A Hero."
The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan is a step closer to its first Oscar nomination with "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom," a comic drama about a reluctant young teacher who is sent to work in the world's most isolated school.
Denmark, which won the foreign film Oscar last year for "Another Round," again has a strong contender in the form of "Flee," which chronicles a gay Afghan refugee's perilous journey to Europe.
The animated film was also included in the shortlist for best documentary, which was also unveiled Tuesday.
"The Rescue," about the headline-grabbing 2018 race to save a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave, and Questlove's "Summer of Soul," about the huge but largely forgotten "Black Woodstock" festival that took place in 1969 Harlem, also made the cut.
The final list of Oscar nominations will be revealed on February 8, and the awards will be handed out on March 27.
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Lumberyard: What Happened to Amazon's Gaming Dreams?
by Nick Kolakowski September 27, 2019 3 min read
AmazonGame DevelopmentLumberyardUnityUnreal Engine
In the beginning (that is, early 2016), Amazon Lumberyard offered a lot of promise to game developers at all skill levels: By combining a lot of cross-platform game-development tooling with the storage and computation of AWS cloud, it seemed like an unbeatable proposition for game developers who didn't want to stick with Unity or Unreal, the leading players in the game-development space.
On top of everything else, Lumberyard was free, and offered a high degree of interoperability with Twitch, the popular website where audiences can watch people play through games.
But a funny thing happened on Lumberyard's pathway to dominance: It didn't make that much of a market-share dent against Unreal or Unity, which have continued to build out their respective feature-sets (while behaving aggressively on the pricing front). In addition, Amazon Game Studios, Amazon's game-development arm, has suffered from layoffs and a muddled production schedule.
"Amazon Game Studios is reorganizing some of our teams to allow us to prioritize development of New World, Crucible, and new unannounced projects we're excited to reveal in the future," read an Amazon announcement in June, soon after rumors of layoffs emerged. The company then tried to frame the reorganization as "the result of regular business planning cycles where we align resources to match evolving, long-range priorities."
Undeterred by these issues, Amazon recently updated Lumberyard with even more features, including refactored (re: improved) cross-platform architecture, which seems like a hard stab at better adoption numbers. "We removed heavy reliance on cascading platform #ifdefs by reorganizing platform-specific code into a parallel directory hierarchy," read the release notes. "This makes cross-platform feature development and maintenance easier and also significantly reduces the effort required to add new platforms to Lumberyard. (Note that public APIs were not changed as part of this refactor.)"
Other improvements include tweaks to Script Canvas visual scripting, the Emotion FX Animation Editor ("dynamically simulate physically-based secondary animation for your actors," such as long hair or a backpack shifting whenever a character moves), and support for NVIDIA's PhysX 4.1.
Those improvements might speak to those who use Lumberyard, but whether they can sway game developers already committed to Unreal and Unity is an open question, especially given the low barriers to entry for both of those platforms. Despite the marketing muscle of Amazon and integration with AWS, Lumberyard has failed to become a major disruptor of the current game-development paradigm. What would it actually take to get game developers to give it a try?
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3 Responses to "Lumberyard: What Happened to Amazon's Gaming Dreams?"
K Raney September 30, 2019
Having used all three. I loved the concept of lumberyard, but the implementation and usage didn't compare to the Unity or Unreal. Not to mention the availability of documentation, examples, or other learning material.
If you have a development shop that is already invested with Unity or Unreal, there needs to be a significant benefit to make the switch. Personally, I didn't see it.
I'll continue to follow the development though.
mario October 23, 2019
they made a mistake buying an obsolete & notoriously hard to use & learn engine as their base code & to waste time & money to just overhaul that engine into something completely new & expect developers to hobble along with their projects while using it for their sake. Unreal & Unity have been developed in such a smart way that makes it easy to use & learn especially for artists compared to the hard headed & ego driven crytek in the last 20 or so years, so for amazon to think they can compete & produce an engine with that junk that would be much more preferable to use is delusional. All devs would rather pay for an engine that has a measure of guaranty that it will serve their project really well & support the success of their games rather than one that would jeopardize it even if it is free. I use the engine just because it is free & to test it out but that is all i can do with it because it is very time consuming & wasteful to use. You can't develop a new engine in just 3 years & expect it be better than the 20 year old developed & battle tested Unreal & Unity game engines. Its just delusional on their part.
my2cents June 17, 2020
I entirely disagree. i have invested a Lot of time in unreal engine, and minimal time in unity. i found unity to fail on simple things such as adding something from its market. i have found unreal engine to be a hodgepodge of powerful tools with not rhyme or reason to their layout. unreal engines editor Ui is a drain on the eyes do to its monochrome nature. I have tried cryengine in the past, but it left much to be desired at that point. I have now invested a bit of time in Lumberyard and have found it to be exceptionally easy to learn as well as being exceptionally powerful. the only complaint i have is the initial setup can be non-intuitive. but the solution is the place a check mark next to allowing it to compile engine as well as game. if you do not do this, you are stuck with a log file that has essentially meaningless error messages. once you have jumped this initial hurdle, the engine opens up, and you see what a pleasent experience game development can be. you may run into issues if you are trying to do a bunch of custom things and are not a lua programmer. but i have found lua to be more logical than ue4 blueprints. the whole experience, to me, has seemed more open. instead of wondering why things are hidden 5 layers deep in ue4, or simply not an option in unity, lumberyard just works, and is intuitive. unless you have the type of mind that happens to work with the mess that is ue4, or the very peculiar way that unity does things (poor landscape preformance included) i highly suggest you at least sit through the getting started series for lumberyard. you will see how different it is when the dev environment is laid out properly, and not trying to keep people out through obfuscation.
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Grameen America receives a $1.5 million grant from Truist Foundation to empower Black women entrepreneurs
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NEW YORK (Aug. 17, 2021) – Grameen America, a nonprofit community development financial institution helping low-income women entrepreneurs build small businesses, announced today it has received a $1.5 million grant from Truist Foundation to strengthen its current program model to empower Black women entrepreneurs.
"Seed funding from Truist Foundation will play a transformative role in innovating and adapting our model to advance economic independence for Black women entrepreneurs," said Andrea Jung, president and CEO of Grameen America. "Together we aim to remove systemic barriers in accessing affordable capital for small businesses led by Black women. When we invest in financial equality for all women, we're in turn strengthening microbusinesses, creating jobs and revitalizing local economies."
This grant will help lay the groundwork for Grameen America's 10-year plan aimed at providing $1.3 billion in loans to more than 80,000 Black women entrepreneurs by 2030. The dedicated program will offer loan capital, financial training, and asset and credit building tools to Black women entrepreneurs.
"Truist Foundation is committed to partnering with nonprofit organizations that address barriers to economic mobility for those historically excluded," said Lynette Bell, president of Truist Foundation. "We're excited to support Grameen America in getting the financial tools and resources into the hands of Black women entrepreneurs to help build better lives and communities."
Additionally, the funding will help the nonprofit lean-test a variety of new programmatic enhancements and community partnerships in select cities, with the goal to scale learnings and programs throughout Truist markets. This partnership will also help Grameen America advance program outcomes related to member outreach, recruitment, upfront training, retention, and financial and business education.
"As a single mother and entrepreneur, my business success means my children will have a better future," said Ruth, owner of a fashion studio in Harlem. "Having access to capital is everything. Loans from Grameen America allow me to rethink my business goals and focus on expansion."
Adapting Grameen America's current model will empower Black women entrepreneurs in cities across the U.S., address systemic racial inequity and play a transformative role in the nation's economic recovery, especially after a year that disproportionately impacted minority communities.
About Grameen America
Founded by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus, Grameen America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit microfinance organization dedicated to helping women who live in poverty build small businesses to create better lives for their families. The organization offers microloans, training, and support to transform communities and fight poverty in the United States. Since opening in January 2008, Grameen America has invested over $2 billion in more than 138,500 low-income women entrepreneurs. Opening originally in Jackson Heights, Queens, Grameen America has expanded to 18 cities in Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Camden, NJ, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, Fresno, CA, Houston, TX, Indianapolis, IN, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Newark, NJ, New York City, NY, Omaha, NE, Oakland, CA, San Jose, CA, Trenton, NJ and Union City, NJ.
The Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. Established in 2020, the foundation makes strategic investments in nonprofit organizations to help ensure the communities it serves have more opportunities for a better quality of life. The Truist Foundation's grants and activities focus on building career pathways to economic mobility and strengthening small businesses. Learn more at Truist.com/Purpose/Truist-Foundation.