text:
/*------- Styling for landing.ejs-------*/
#loginButton {
  text-align: center  !important;
}

/*------- Styling for page-home.ejs -------*/

.hidden {
  visibility: hidden;
}

.col-center {
  margin:0 auto;
}

body {
  padding: 50px;
  font: 14px "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

/* Styling for home gallery */
.gallery .caption {
  background-color: black;
}

.gallery .caption a {
  font-size: 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: white;
}

.gallery .caption a:hover {
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: white;
}

.gallery .caption #author a {
  font-size: 12px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: white;
}

.gallery .caption #author a:hover {
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: white;
}

/*------- Styling for navbar -------*/

#navStyle {
  background-color: white;
  color: #004266;
}

#navStyle > .navbar-collapse > ul > li > a {
  color: #004266;
}
#navStyle > .navbar-collapse > ul > li > a:hover {
  color: #004266;
  background-color: inherit;
}

#navStyle > .navbar-collapse > ul > li > a:focus {
  color: #004266;
  background-color: inherit;
}

.navbar-brand {
  color:#004266;
  font-size:24px;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

.navbar-nav > li > a {
  padding: 0;
}

.nav, .navbar-nav > li {
  padding-right: 20px;
}

.nav, .navbar-nav > li:last-child {
  padding-right: 0;
}

.nav, .navbar-nav, .navbar-right > li {
  padding-right: 20px;
}

#navbar-collapse > ul > .navbarButton > a {
  padding-top: 15px;
  padding-bottom: 11px;
  padding-left: 10px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 16px;
}

.navButton {
  margin-right: 3px;
}

/* Styling for profile picture */
.profile {
  font-weight: bold;
  padding-top: 6px;
  padding-left: 10px
}

#profilePic {
  margin-right: 5px;
}

.modal-body .btn-primary {
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.btn-file {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.btn-file input[type=file] {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  min-width: 100%;
  min-height: 100%;
  font-size: 100px;
  text-align: right;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  opacity: 0;
  outline: none;
  background: white;
  cursor: inherit;
  display: block;
}

#uploadTag {
  margin: 5px;
  margin-left: 3px;
  margin-right: 3px;
  padding-right: 3px;
  padding-left: 10px;
  padding-top: 3px;
  padding-bottom: 3px;
}

/* Styling for search bar */
.stylish-input-group .input-group-addon {
  background: white !important;
}

.stylish-input-group .form-control {
  border-right:0;
  box-shadow:0 0 0;
  border-color:#ccc;
}

.stylish-input-group button {
  border: 0;
  background:transparent;
}

/* Styling for logout button */
.logOut {
  margin-right: 5px;
}

/*----- Styling for page-profile.ejs ------*/
.container-full {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

body {
  padding: 0;
}

#profileImg {
  margin-top: 60px;
  height: 200px;
}

.profileInfo {
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
}

.user {
  font-size: 32px;
}

.profileContainer {
  color: #070B19;
}

#searchText {
  width: 100px;
}

/*------- Styling for page-photo.ejs -------*/

#photoPage {
  margin-top: 40px;
}

/* Photo column */
#clickedPhoto {
  margin-top: 20px;
  max-height: 800px;
}

.photo > .photoName {
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  border: none;
  color: white;
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: lighter;
  background: transparent;
  bottom: 12px;
  left: 20px;
}

.photo > .lineDivider {
  display: block;
  position:absolute;
  right:100px;
  height:30px;
  bottom:10px;
  border-left:1px solid white;
}

.photo {
  position: relative;
  float:right;
}

.photo > .deletePhotoButton {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  border: none;
  color: white;
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: lighter;
  background: transparent;
  bottom: 12px;
  right: 20px;
}

.photo > .photoToolBar {
  position: absolute;
  height: 50px;
  width: 100%;
  bottom: 0;
  display: block;
  background-color: black;
  opacity: 0.85;
  color: white;
}

/* Comment column */
#commentColumn {
  margin-top: 20px;
  margin-right: 5px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  max-height: 750px !important;
  max-width: 450px;
}

/* Photo information */
.photoInfo {
  min-height: 20%   !important;
  overflow: auto;
}

#userPhoto {
  border-radius: 30px   !important;
}

.photoTitle {
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 16px;
  display: inline;
}

.editTitle {
  display: none;
  font-size: 14px;
  border: none;
  background-color: inherit;
}

.titleDiv:hover .editTitle {
  display: inline;
  font-size: 14px;
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none #ccc;
  margin-left: 2px;
  padding-left: 2px;
  padding-right: 0;
  position: absolute;
}

.photoCaption {
  display: inline-block;
}

.editCaption {
  display: none;
  font-size: 14px;
  border: none;
  background-color: inherit;
}

.captionField:hover .editCaption {
  display: inline;
  font-size: 14px;
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none #ccc;
  margin-left: 2px;
  padding-left: 2px;
  padding-right: 0;
  position: absolute;
}

#titleText {
  border-radius: 0;
  border-color:#ccc;
  height: 22px;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-left: 1px;
  max-width: 344px;
}

.titleAlerts {
  margin-left: 24px;
}

.photographer {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: gray;
}

.photographer a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: inherit;
}

.photographer a:hover {
  text-decoration: inherit;
  color: inherit;
}

.media-body a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: inherit;
}

.published {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
  color: gray;
}

.dot {
  padding-left: 8px;
  padding-right: 5px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #333333;
}

#grayDot {
  color: gray;
}

.visibilityButton {
  font-size: 12px;
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  color: gray;
}

#editVisibility {
  display: none;
  color: gray;
}

.visibilityButton:hover #editVisibility {
  display: inline;
  font-size: 12px;
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  padding-left: 2px;
  padding-right: 0;
  position: absolute;
  margin-left: 20px;
  color: gray;
}

.shareButton {
  padding-left: 2px;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #333333;
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#editShare {
  display: none;
  font-size: 12px;
  margin-right: 0;
  padding-right: 0;
  color: gray;
}

.shareButton:hover #editShare {
  display: inline;
  font-size: 12px;
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none #ccc;
  padding-left: 4px;
  padding-right: 0;
  margin-left: 2px;
  color: gray;
}

.shareButton:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

.shareButton:focus {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

#shareInput {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  border-radius: 0;
  margin-left: 10px;
  height: 22px;
  width: 126px;
  text-align: left;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.visibility {
  font-family: "Ariel", sans-serif;
  padding-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: gray;
}

.captionField {
  margin-right: 0;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.editCaption {
  font-size: 14px;
  border: none;
  background-color: inherit;
}

#captionText {
  border-radius: 0;
  max-height: 80px;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

.tagButton {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  color: #333333;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.tagButton:focus {
  color: #333333;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.tagButton:hover {
  color: #333333;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.addTags {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

tag {
  text-align: center;
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  display: inline-block;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.tagSlot {
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  margin: 2px;
  padding: 3px 0 3px 10px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  display: inline-block;
  max-width: 450px;
}

#tagName {
  color: white;
  padding-right: 10px;
}

#tagsText {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 85px;
  height:22px;
  border-radius: 0;
}

.deleteTagButton {
    font-size: 10px;
    border: none;
    color: gray;
    background: transparent;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 8px;
    margin-left: 0;
  }

.deleteTagButton:focus {
  color: gray;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.deletetagButton:hover {
  color: gray;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.removeUploadTag {
  font-size: 10px;
  border: none;
  color: gray;
  background: transparent;
}

.glyphicon-tag {
  margin-right: 0;
}

/* Number of likes */
#divider {
  width: 440px;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  float: left;
}

.likeButton {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
}

.glyphicon-thumbs-up {
  margin-right: 5px;
  color: #333333;
}

#blueThumb {
  color: blue;
}

#whiteThumb {
  color: white;
}

.people {
  color: #333333;
}

.fullEditButton {
  color: #333333;
}

.fullEditButton:focus {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

.fullEditButton:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

.cancelEditButton {
  color: #333333;
}

.cancelEditButton:focus {
  text-decoration: none
  color: #333333;
}

.cancelEditButton:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

.doneEditButton {
  color: #333333;
}

.doneEditButton:focus {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

.doneEditButton:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333333;
}

#photoBar {
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

/* Comments */
.media-heading {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

#commentBox {
  float: left;
  overflow: auto;
  width: 440px;
  max-height: 50%;
}

.editButton {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  margin-left: 50px;
}

.date {
  color: #9d9d9d;
}

.commentEditField {
  font-weight: normal;
}

.commentTextField {
  margin-left: 2px;
  margin-top: 5px;
  width: 340px;
  border-radius: 0;
  border-color: #ccc;
}

.addCommentBox {
  margin-top: 10px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  float: left;
}

textarea {
  resize: none;
}

#addButton {
  padding-top: 0;
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

.commentButton {
  color: gray;
}

/* Edit comments */
.editCommentButton {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  margin-right: 5px;
  font-size: 10px;
}

#commentText {
  height:35px;
}

/* Delete comments */
.deleteCommentButton {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  margin-right: 10px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  font-size: 10px;
}

/* Delete comments */
.cancelEditComment {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: none;
  margin-right: 10px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  font-size: 10px;
}

#uploadSpinner {
  display: none;
}

#uploadText {
  display: inline;
}

.brandPageNode {
  font-size: 86px;
  font-weight: bolder;
}

.brandPagePhoto {
  font-size: 86px;
}

.brandPageLogo {
  font-size: 72px;
  color:white;
}

.photoNode {
  margin-top: 25%;
}

.brandPhoto {
  margin-top: 8%;
}

.glyphicon-refresh {
  margin-left: 5px;
}

.successfulEdit {
  background: inherit;
  border: none;
}

.glyphicon-ok-sign {
  margin-left: 5px;
  color: #4F8A10;
}

.failedEdit {
  background: inherit;
  border: none;
}

.glyphicon-exclamation-sign {
  margin-right: 5px;
  color: #D8000C;
}

/* ANIMATIONS
============================================================================= */
.spin {
     -webkit-transform-origin: 50% 58%;
     transform-origin:50% 58%;
     -ms-transform-origin:50% 58%; /* IE 9 */
     -webkit-animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
     -moz-animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
     -o-animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
     animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
}

@-moz-keyframes spin {
  from {
    -moz-transform: rotate(0deg);
  }
  to {
    -moz-transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

@-webkit-keyframes spin {
  from {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);
  }
  to {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

@keyframes spin {
  from {
    transform: rotate(0deg);
  }
  to {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

/* navbar state animation */

@keyframes navSelected {
  to {
    box-shadow: 0 2px 0 #004266;
    }
  }

/* leaving animations ----------------------------------------- */

@keyframes slideOutLeft {
  to      { transform: translateX(-100%); }
}

@keyframes slideOutRight {
  to      { transform: translateX(100%); }
}

@keyframes slideOutDown {
  to       { transform:translateY(100%); }
}

/* entering animations --------------------------------------- */

@keyframes slideInLeft {
  from    { transform:translateX(-100%); }
  to      { transform: translateX(0); }
}

/* slide in from the right */
@keyframes slideInRight {
  from    { transform:translateX(100%); }
  to      { transform: translateX(0); }
}

/* slide in from the bottom */
@keyframes slideInDown {
  from    { transform:translateY(-100%); }
  to      { transform: translateY(0); }
}

.ng-enter       { z-index: 8888; }
.ng-leave       { z-index: 9999; }

/* page specific animations ------------------------ */

/* loading -------------------------- */
.loadingSplash                     { animation:slideInLeft 0.5s both ease-in;}
.loadingSplash.ng-hide             { animation:slideOutRight 0.5s both ease-in;}

/* about ------------------------ */
/*.page-photo.ng-enter        { animation:slideInDown 0.5s both ease-in; transition-delay: 0.5s; }
.page-photo.ng-leave        { animation:slideOutDown 0.5s both ease-in; }*/

/* contact ---------------------- */
/*.page-profile.ng-enter      { animation:slideInRight 0.5s both ease-in; transition-delay: 0.5s; }
.page-profile.ng-leave      { animation:slideOutLeft 0.5s both ease-in; }*/


Being back in Montreal is very strange. I was only away for a few months, but I think I was getting used to the ways things work in France. So, now some aspects of life here stand out more. People talk to each other more easily. They look to make new friends. Makes me think this would be a slightly more welcoming country to leap into. But it's impossible for me to compare.
Next challenge: seeing how quickly home starts to feel like home again -- which seems to already be happening. Wonder what that means for my leaping future.
Posted by Kerry MacGregor at 4:57 p.m.


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Home » Pfizer Announces Failure of Phase 3 Trial of Axitinib as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients at High Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma Recurrence After Surgery
Pfizer Announces Failure of Phase 3 Trial of Axitinib as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients at High Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma Recurrence After Surgery
CP Staff
Pfizer announced today that the independent Data Monitoring Committee for the Phase 3 ATLAS trial evaluating Inlyta The study failing to demonstrate a clear improvement in the primary endpoint of extending disease-free survival (DFS) for patients treated with INLYTA compared with patients treated with placebo. No new safety signals were observed, and the safety profile was consistent with the known profile of INLYTA in advanced RCC.(axitinib) as adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk of recurrent renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after nephrectomy recommended stopping the trial at a planned interim analysis due to futility.
"We are disappointed by the outcome of this study as we had hoped the efficacy that INLYTA has demonstrated as a second-line treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma would carry over to patients with earlier stage disease, where it would delay or prevent disease relapse. That goal was not achieved. We will conduct additional analyses on the data that may provide insight into this result. Studies evaluating INLYTA in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors for patients with a variety of advanced stage cancers, including RCC, will continue," said Mace Rothenberg, M.D., Chief Development Officer, Oncology, Pfizer Global Product Development.
Each year, approximately 338,000 new cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed worldwide, representing approximately 2-3 percent of all cancers. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer, accounting for around 90 percent of cases.5 Approximately 75 percent of patients with clear cell RCC are non-metastatic, and 70-80 percent will have a nephrectomy with curative intent, or surgical removal of the tumor. However, a subset will relapse after surgery and once their disease becomes metastatic, their long-term prognosis is poor in advanced RCC with a 5-year survival rate as low as 12%.
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 63,000+ people will be diagnosed with kidney cancer in the US each year. Kidney cancer is among the 10 most common cancers in both men and women. Overall, the lifetime risk for developing kidney cancer in men is about 1 in 48. The lifetime risk for women is 1 in 83.

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Yankees News: Aaron Boone makes awful bullpen decision costing his team the game
With the regular season winding to an end, every decision Yankees manager Aaron Boone makes is extremely important. Boone has been known to make controversial moves in the past, and his latest one could've cost his team the game.
With the Yankees down 2-1 heading into the ninth inning, all they needed was to survive and give their offense one more opportunity to score. Instead, Boone elected to utilize Domingo German in the eighth inning and carry him over into the ninth, and after walking two batters, he called upon Albert Abreu over Aroldis Chapman to get the job done.
Chapman tossed 22 pitches on Thursday evening, so the Yankee skipper wanted to save him for later on in the series. However, Abreu allowed Wander Franco to single to right field, driving in two runs and giving the Tampa Bay Rays a three-run cushion in the bottom of the ninth.
The Yankees leaning on German in just his first appearance of the year was a bit surprising, as the choice ended up backfiring in an important situation.
"Like I've been saying every day when asked about him, he's going to be in some difficult situations. We have to lean on everyone down there," Boone said of German after the game. "I thought he came in and threw the ball well.
"Obviously, the [walks] there hurt him to knock him out of the game. But I thought overall he threw the ball pretty well."
If the Yankees were able to get out of the top of the ninth inning, they likely would've won the game, considering they posted two runs, falling 3-4 to the Rays. The final score would've been 3-2, including a walk-off single from Brett Gardner, driving in Joey Gallo and Tyler Wade.
The Yankees losing gives the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays an opportunity to climb back into the Wild Card race. With the Bombers hosting a one-game advantage for the first place spot, Boston is just behind them. The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays are one game behind Boston. The Yankees must walk away with a victory on Saturday, which would be enough to help secure one of the two Wild Card spots given a Seattle or Toronto defeat.


In the following video you can see how to synchronize the sleep data in your Unotec Smartband II Activity Bracelet.
The data synchronization of the UNOTEC SmartBand II 20.0148 is automatic except for the sleep data.
To synchronize the sleep data, you have to open the application, go to the sleep data screen and synchronize them by scrolling down the screen (a message that is synchronizing the data will appear in the upper area).


The V2.0 release of Simplify3D Software (formerly called "Creator") is packed with new tools, settings and features to help you maximize the capabilities of your printer and obtain more professional results.
During printing, the Z-axis is slowly incremented upwards, allowing one spiraling strand of filament to create beautiful single-outline parts. You won't find layer change marks on these speedy prints!
Adjust your settings for the finest quality exterior, like shown on Yoda's wrinkles and folds, yet extrude a thicker infill (up to 3X thicker). Reduce printing time while maintaining the finest quality exterior. Sweet!
Direct USB control for MakerBot and Sailfish printers. No need for SD cards. Instead, use Simplify3D Software to pre-heat, jog the axes, or stream your .x3g files directly to the printer!
Use software settings to reduce movements between parts rather than constant switching and retracting. Better quality parts with less retraction time. Check out the multi-part tutorial for more info.
Have you upgraded your software yet?
If not, now is the time to move up!
View the full release notes.


We've had some problems with our contact forms as we migrate over to our new server. The good news is, I am 99.9% sure all server issues are fixed and we should always remain online. However, the bad news is our contact forms haven't been working over the weekend. Therefore am seeking four questions for today's Ask WNW. If you have a question please send it to askwnw@wrestlingnewsworld.com.
I will update this post when the contact forms are working but you may want to add these email addresses to your contacts for future reference.
12:38 PM EST Update: All issues with the contact forms have been resolved. You can begin using them once again. Thank you!


When Chester visits Uncle William's stuffy house, he's only trying to avoid his chores! But soon they may be tossed into a bizarre war between unimaginable forces, a battle no one understands at all.
I was intrigued by the beginning of the story for sure. The memory loss and disaster were done well, and soon more characters came along, expanding things and adding more and more backstory. However a lot of editing is needed because the chapters are too long. The story is interesting so I always want to see what is happening but there is too much information along the way. Simply chopping out a lot of random details would bring out the story much better. So far I've finished chapter 6 and will keep going.


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<?php
/**
 * @file
 * Contains \Drupal\scheduled_updates\Tests\ScheduledUpdatesTestBase.
 */

namespace Drupal\scheduled_updates\Tests;

use Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup;
use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
use Drupal\scheduled_updates\Plugin\UpdateRunnerInterface;
use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;

/**
 * Define base class for Scheduled Updates Tests
 */
abstract class ScheduledUpdatesTestBase extends WebTestExtended {

  /**
   * Profile to use.
   */
  protected $profile = 'testing';

  /**
   * Admin user
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface
   */
  protected $adminUser;

  /**
   * Permissions to grant admin user.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  protected $permissions = [
    'access administration pages',
    'administer content types',
    'administer nodes',
    'administer scheduled update types',
    'administer scheduled_update fields',
    'administer scheduled_update form display',
  ];

  /**
   * Modules to enable.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  public static $modules = [
    'scheduled_updates',
    'node',
    'user',
    'field_ui',
    'block',
    'inline_entity_form'
  ];

  /**
   * Sets the test up.
   */
  protected function setUp() {
    parent::setUp();
    $this->adminUser = $this->drupalCreateUser($this->permissions);
    $this->drupalPlaceBlock('local_tasks_block', ['id' => 'tabs_block']);
    $this->drupalPlaceBlock('page_title_block');
    $this->drupalPlaceBlock('local_actions_block', ['id' => 'actions_block']);
    $this->setupContentTypes();
  }

  /**
   * Clone multiple fields on the Clone Field Page.
   *
   * @param $type_id
   * @param array $fields
   *
   * @throws \Exception
   */
  protected function cloneFields($type_id, array $fields) {
    $this->gotoURLIfNot("admin/config/workflow/scheduled-update-type/$type_id/clone-fields");
    $edit = [];
    foreach ($fields as $input_name => $field_info) {
      // Check the field label exists.
      $this->assertText(
        $field_info['label'],
        new FormattableMarkup('Field label %label displayed.', ['%label' => $field_info['label']])
      );
      // Add to post data.
      $edit[$input_name] = $field_info['input_value'];
    }
    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, t('Clone Fields'));
    if ($this->adminUser->hasPermission('administer scheduled_update form display')) {
      // Should be redirected to form display after cloning fields
      $this->assertUrl("admin/config/workflow/scheduled-update-type/$type_id/form-display");
      $this->checkFieldLabels($fields);
    }
    else {
      // @todo Does it make any sense for admin to be able to add update types without Field UI permissions
      //  Enforce Field UI permissions to add scheduled update type?
      $this->assertText('You do not have permission to administer fields on Scheduled Updates.');
    }

  }

  /**
   * @param array $fields
   */
  protected function checkFieldLabels(array $fields) {
    foreach ($fields as $input_name => $field_info) {
      // We only know what base field labels should look like.
      if (stripos($input_name, 'base_fields[') === 0) {
        // Check the field label exists.
        $this->assertText(
          $field_info['label'],
          new FormattableMarkup('Field label %label displayed.', ['%label' => $field_info['label']])
        );
      }
      else {
        // @test that Configurable fields were cloned.
      }
    }
  }

  protected function checkNodeProperties() {
    $property_labels = $this->getNodePropertyLabels();
    foreach ($property_labels as $property_label) {
      $this->assertText($property_label);
    }

  }

  /**
   * @param $label
   * @param $id
   * @param array $clone_fields
   *
   * @param array $type_options
   *
   * @throws \Exception
   */
  protected function createType($label, $id, array $clone_fields, $type_options = []) {
    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/workflow/scheduled-update-type/add');
    // Revision options should not be displayed until entity type that supports it is selected.
    $this->assertNoText('The owner of the last revision.');
    $this->assertNoText('Create New Revisions');
    $edit = $type_options + [
      'label' => $label,
      'id' => $id,
      'update_entity_type' => 'node',
      'update_runner[id]' => 'default_independent',
      'update_runner[after_run]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::AFTER_DELETE,
      'update_runner[invalid_update_behavior]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::INVALID_DELETE,
      'update_runner[update_user]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::USER_UPDATE_RUNNER,

    ];
    $this->checkRunnersAvailable();
    $this->drupalPostAjaxForm(NULL, $edit, 'update_entity_type');

    $this->assertText('The owner of the last revision.');
    $this->assertText('Create New Revisions');
    $edit = $type_options + [
      'label' => $label,
      'id' => $id,
      'clone_field' => 'multiple-field',
      'update_entity_type' => 'node',
      'update_runner[id]' => 'default_independent',
      'update_runner[after_run]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::AFTER_DELETE,
      'update_runner[invalid_update_behavior]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::INVALID_DELETE,
      'update_runner[update_user]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::USER_UPDATE_RUNNER,
      'update_runner[create_revisions]' => UpdateRunnerInterface::REVISIONS_YES,
      'update_runner[bundles][article]' => 'article',
    ];
    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL,
      $edit,
      t('Save')
    );
    $this->assertUrl("admin/config/workflow/scheduled-update-type/$id/clone-fields");
    $this->assertText("Created the $label Scheduled Update Type.");
    $this->assertText("Select fields to add to these updates");
    $this->checkNodeProperties();
    // @todo test that node.body displays and is select field.

    $this->cloneFields($id, $clone_fields);

  }

  protected function setupContentTypes() {
    if ($this->profile != 'standard') {
      $this->drupalCreateContentType(array(
        'type' => 'article',
        'name' => 'Article'
      ));
      $this->drupalCreateContentType(array(
        'type' => 'page',
        'name' => 'Basic Page'
      ));
    }
  }

  /**
   * Check that a set of runner plugins are on form and no extras.
   *
   * @param array $expected_runners
   */
  protected function checkRunnersAvailable(array $expected_runners = []) {
    $all_runners = ['default_embedded', 'default_independent', 'latest_revision'];
    if (!$expected_runners) {
      $expected_runners = $all_runners;
    }
    $unexpected_runners = array_diff($all_runners, $expected_runners);
    $this->checkExpectedRadioOptions('update_runner[id]', $expected_runners, $unexpected_runners);
  }

  /**
   * Get Node Property Labels.
   *
   * @return array
   */
  protected function getNodePropertyLabels() {
    $property_labels = [
      'Language',
      'Title',
      'Authored by',
      'Publishing status',
      'Authored on',
      'Changed',
      'Promoted to front page',
      'Sticky at top of lists',
      'Revision timestamp',
      'Revision user ID',
      'Revision log message',
      'Default translation',
    ];
    return $property_labels;
  }

  /**
   * Runs Updates via the UI.
   *
   * @throws \Exception
   */
  protected function runUpdatesUI() {
    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/workflow/schedule-updates/run');
    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, [], 'Run Updates');
  }

  /**
   * Checks that an scheduled update type can be edit via the form.
   *
   * @param string $type_id
   *   The type id.
   */
  protected function checkEditType($type_id) {
    $this->drupalGet("admin/config/workflow/scheduled-update-type/$type_id");
    // For now just test the saving without changes works.
    // See https://www.drupal.org/node/2674874
    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, [], t('Save'));
  }

  /**
   * Grant permissions to a user.
   *
   * The permissions are actually added to the users role.
   * Relies on test users only having 1 non-locked role.
   *
   * @param array $permissions
   */
  protected function grantPermissionsToUser($permissions) {
    $roles = $this->adminUser->getRoles(TRUE);
    $this->assert('debug', "roles =" . implode(',', $roles));
    $role_id = array_pop($roles);
    $this->grantPermissions(Role::load($role_id), $permissions);
  }

  /**
   * Grant permissions to a user.
   *
   * The permissions are actually added to the users role.
   * Relies on test users only having 1 non-locked role.
   *
   * @param array $permissions
   */
  protected function revokePermissionsFromUser($permissions) {
    $roles = $this->adminUser->getRoles(TRUE);

    $role_id = array_pop($roles);
    foreach ($permissions as $permission) {
      Role::load($role_id)->revokePermission($permission);
    }
  }

}

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Our culture often defines success in dollar amounts and accumulation of things, but true wealth comes from so much more!
Can you list 5 things you are grateful on this #ThankfulThursday?
Sometimes we focus so much on what we do not have that we miss all of the gifts God gives us each and every day.
One of those areas in which we can feel we are less than or lacking can be our financial situations.
AT THE CROSSROADS is thankful to have Lisa Hay contribute to our WHAT I WISH I KNEW SERIES. Lisa's mission is to serve as a trusted advisor to help people find clarity, confidence and financial peace of mind and achieve their financial, retirement, and legacy goals.
Lisa combines a unique blend of professional experience and financial knowledge along with a genuine care and concern for others. Her work with clients is motivated by a deep inner calling to engage women and families to help them be free to live and give in God's image.
As a passionate advocate of consumer financial education, she has authored six books on financial topics related to personal financial management and retirement planning, and has been featured on numerous online publications including MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post, Morningstar, and Go Girl Finance.
Lisa has been happily married to her husband, Doug, for over 33 years. She is the mother of three married sons, and will soon welcome her 3rd and 4th grandchildren to the family!
We are so very thankful to learn from Lisa today about the taking the path to TRUE WEALTH!
Have you considered you might be rich? You may not feel rich.
For most people, "rich" is the other guy. "Rich" is having more than you currently have. "Rich" is financial freedom to buy whatever I want, when I want it.
I am convinced that most of us are richer than we think.
But I would like to make a distinction between being "rich" and having "True Wealth".
So perhaps we should begin with a definition of "True Wealth".
When getting to know my clients, I ask them what is important to them about money. The initial answers are usually similar from person to person: security, peace of mind, etc.
I then ask them why security or peace of mind or xxxx is important to them. I begin to get more varied answers as we continue to go deeper. Perhaps they have a special needs grandchild that they wish to help care for, or their parent's marriage ended due to financial issues. Fears and dreams begin to come to the surface.
Money, you see is not an end to itself. It is merely a tool.
a heart attitude of contentment, which allows us to experience joy and purpose through all financial circumstances.
I work with some folks that you might consider "rich". I can tell you from experience that NONE of those people have "True Wealth" solely as a result of their resources.
The phrase "Financial freedom" has always rubbed me that wrong way. Maybe it's a matter of semantics, but to me the words connote too much emphasis on accumulation.
Our culture would have us believe that the path toward happiness is marked "more" — more striving, more money, more stuff. But looking to what we own for our ultimate happiness leaves us empty and thinking there must be a better way.
Our homes and TV screens may have grown, but our joy has not.
So many of the messages our culture sends to us about money are completely wrong! My pastor once used a visual analogy which has stuck with me. He described Satan as a "thief" who entered a department store and changed the price tags on all of the items. He put the $1.99 tags on the things that were very valuable and the $999.99 tags on trinkets that had little value.
Every day we encounter a culture where Satan has switched the price tags. We have failed to recognize his deceitful strategy – and missed the joy of things that really matter as a result.
Those deceitful messages tell us that we'll find happiness and joy through the thing we buy and that if we own certain homes or cars that others will respect us.
With that many verses, I think it's safe to say that God considers money an important topic.
God is good. I think most of us would agree on that truth – at least in our head and heart.
God calls us to trust in His total goodness and provision. Again, we probably would nod our heads in agreement… until the rubber hits the road, and exposes our heart.
Am I EVER discontent? If so, how do I reconcile my discontented heart with the two truths above that I just said I believed?
Discontentment is the arch-enemy of True Wealth and robs us of the deep satisfying joy that God wants us to experience from the resources that He has so graciously provided.
But to better understand discontentment, we have to understand the cause.
At the end of a typical day, I would be surprised if you didn't have someone (family, friends) or something (sales person, advertisement) telling you about something you "need" to buy.
When you see an ad on TV, or the new purse/car/home your friend has, our "natural" reaction tends to be discontentment. As soon as you become aware of something that you think is bigger, better, thinner, stronger, sleeker, faster, and any other adjective, you become discontent!
And our sin-nature feeds on anything that appears to fill the void of our need for security, popularity, meaning, prestige. Those things that can only be truly satisfied through our relationship with Christ.
Another story that has stayed with me, is that of a pastor saying that he can tell all that he needs to know about someone by looking at their checkbook.
This brings us to an interesting opportunity for self-reflections. Without meeting me, but simply examining how I spend my money, what would you think of me by looking at my financial records?
I have found that discovering one's most deeply held values, and aligning money decisions with those values, is the essential first step toward using money in a way that is meaningful and deeply satisfying.
Part of each of my days is spent reading the latest financial news and research. However, the part that I enjoy most is meeting with folks, learning about their goals and helping them design a financial plan to accomplish their most deeply held values.
Each person's situation is unique, and depending upon whether I am working with a single divorced woman, a CFO, or a married couple who are retired from teaching, I may share different information.
Should I explain what the experts are saying about the economy and the markets, review how the stock, bond, and foreign markets have been behaving, or discuss their cash flow plan? I do all these things to an extent, but within a larger – and much more important context: helping them discover purpose in their money by relating them to their most deeply held values.
When working with fellow believers, it is my privilege to help them explore God's purpose for the resources that he has entrusted to them.
I believe the most satisfying uses of money are those that help us fulfill our life purpose, and while financial goals tend to vary from person-to-person, purpose is something we all have in common. Researchers who have studied what makes for a meaningful life say we were all designed to live for "something larger" than ourselves, to enjoy close relationships with other people, and to use our unique gifts, talents, and passions to make a difference with our lives.
The "something larger" for many people, including me, is really someone – Jesus. My faith is the single most important aspect of my life. As a Christian and a financial professional, exploring ways that faith impacts our use of money is a passion that I get to struggle with almost every day.
I believe our use of money has a significant impact on our relationships with other people. Those who have True Wealth use money in a way that helps strengthen their most valued relationships, with a focus on marriage and raising money-smart kids.
I believe each of us has a unique set of gifts, talents, and passions. Those who have True Wealth understand that money, used wisely, can free us to make the difference with our lives we were designed to make.
I believe we were designed to be generous. In fact, one of the most enjoyable uses of money is contributing to causes that matter to us. Those who have True Wealth have prioritized their use of money accordingly.
Don't let money and possessions – whether motivated by fear and security or greed and idolatry- own you.
If you do, you will lose many opportunities to change people's lives as well as experiencing a higher purpose and joy that can only be found through Christ, and through managing our money His way.
Lisa believes that the TRUE value of an advisor begins with taking the time to understand what is really important to you. If you're interested in pursuing your financial goals with the help of a trusted advisor – rather than a salesperson pitching a product – it would be her privilege to serve you. You can reach her at 330-896-6250 or online at http://ccadvisors.com/contact-us/.
Yes, her approach is different. She hopes you find it to be a breath of fresh air. If so, you can schedule a complimentary Discovery Meeting to explore whether you are a good match to work together.
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GUM (ジャンベ) is for sure my best friend in Okinawa but also an incredible talented musician.
The story behind this video is quite original and unique. I was for my first time traveling in Okinawa to train Goju Ryu Karate with my sensei Zenei Oshiro that I followed for years, and the first night there i was just walking around the streets of Naha when I bumped into that guy playing Sanshin like crazy, with a unique voice.
So I just sat down and played my flute. And when we stopped we tried to talk but he couldn't speak a word of english and I couldn't speak Japanese too ! So we just played again, and did the same every day at night.
So I can say that he is the first friend I have made without speaking at all, but speaking through music. This guy is a true warrior, he has an amazing spirit and play like no one else. Now we are able to talk more, me in japanese and him in english, but still we are more close than ever when we play music.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Gum from Okinawa.


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Album Art for "An Evening with Silk Sonic."
By Nethan Crew
"An Evening with Silk Sonic" is the debut album of the musical duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak under the name Silk Sonic. The album, released on Nov. 12, was first announced on Twitter by Mars on Feb. 26 along with the date for the release of the first single, "Leave the Door Open." The duo has been working on this album for over three years, starting during Mars' "24K Magic Tour."
During an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in mid-August, .Paak explained that there was a strong possibility that the album would not exist without the events of the COVID-19 outbreak.
"I'm not sure we would have done it if it wasn't for the pandemic," said .Paak. "It was tragic for so many people, but Bruno would have probably been on the road, me too — but we had to be here."
The entire album gives a modern take on an old sound. The album has a run time of only 32 minutes, making it feel like a TV program. This idea is further elaborated on with the inclusion of Bootsy Collins, who serves as the guest host as well as the lyrics for the opening track "Silk Sonic Intro" including "It's about that time to get out of your seats and make it up for our host. Give it up for Bootsy Collins." As well as the question of "Who you come to see tonight?"
"An Evening with Silk Sonic" creates a modern fusion of soul, rap and R&B. This is created through layered vocals from the duo including subject matter of love and loss. The fourth track, "After Last Night" features the voice of guest host Collins as well as bass and backing vocals from Thundercat, an American bassist. The song's lyrics tell the story of a lament by the duo to be with the same woman that they were with the night before. This indicates an emotional change, with a change from sad to "Smoking Out the Window's" funk angst and then into an triumphant internal discovery by the main character of acceptance of the situation in "Put On A Smile."
The duo of .Paak and Mars perform a 1970's style melancholy ballad with booming percussion and a beautiful anthem vocal performance from Mars. This track suggests that everything gets slightly better after accepting the break of emotional attachment to the unnamed female character. This comes true with the seventh track "777," where the duo goes and gambles their cares away. After this, the duo's eighth track, "Skate," reimagines the idea of playing music in the middle of a roller rink floor. This song was the second single to release from this album on Jul. 29.
The album comes to a climatic ending that feels like credits for their fictional TV program on "Blast Off." This song shows the most musical differentiation between phrases, showing off the final amount of talent that Mars and .Paak display. The song ends with echoed vocals into a send-off from the narrator, Bootsy Collins, saying "Sending love from up above, Happy Trails! Baba."
"An Evening with Silk Sonic" reimagines the funk, soul and R&B of the late 1960's and 1970's with more modernized production quality. The inclusion of the use of live instruments in the recording over music mixing programs latches onto the ear of the listener and allows for an organic feel of the entire album.
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This year for my birthday I didn't only serve high tea like sweets but just everything I love, theme was pink of course and I had to go all out on decorations and baking ….
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Observation; Are students maintaining personal space?
Exit slip: draw a picture of what it looks like to straddle your spot.
Why is it important for us each to have our own personal space?
What do you do with your body to keep from falling down?


The decade ahead demands deep transformation in the education sector to address access, quality and cost. This presents golden opportunity for IT organizations to make a difference and drive that transformation.
Since the turn of the 21st century, technological solutions that manage the creation, storage and dissemination of information have transformed many sectors of our society. From shopping (Amazon) and banking (Paypal, etrade, etc) to entertainment (iTunes, Spotify, etc) and travel (Travelocity, Priceline, Expedia, etc), information technology (IT) solutions have shattered traditional barriers and offered new approaches that empowered citizens around the world.
In the education sector, there are many IT solutions that have been created to manage the learning and administrative processes. However, these solutions still work within the confinement of a single function in a single institution. For instance, there are different software to manage the learning process, others to manage transcripts, others for financial aid, and different ones for admission and so on. A lot is still expected to enable the education sector to meet its current and future challenges. The decade ahead holds a major opportunity for IT to help meet these challenges.
Society continues to demand a reduction in the gap between the needs of the industry and the preparedness of graduates, especially for some disciplines including the discipline of information technology itself. Furthermore, the economic pressure is demanding reduction in the amount of debt that the graduates hold while requiring more advanced degrees to meet the growing complexity of the work environment. Finally, STEM disciplines, in particular information technology, suffer a significant shortage in the talent needed to keep our nation competitive requiring increased access and diversity of the students' population.
"The efficiency of the students' journey can be improved to increase their transition rate, completion rate, and eventual job placement"
For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of IT jobs will grow by 12 percent between 2014 and 2024, a faster growth rate than the average for all career fields. A KPMG survey of Chief Information Officers (CIO) revealed that 65 percent of the IT leaders experience skills shortage in their organizations. The shortage of skilled information technology professionals has become a well-noted concern nationally.
To meet the challenges of the future, the students' journey must be addressed as a whole in a complete partnership among the different institutions involved such as K12, Community Colleges and Universities. Such partnerships could eliminate overlap, diversify the metrics that measure students' readiness and ensure open pathways that could significantly increase the number of students who successfully complete their bachelor and even masters degrees with reduced or even no debt.
The efficiency of the students' journey can be improved to increase their transition rate, completion rate, and eventual job placement. A recent report on the job outlook in the Southwest Ohio region showed that, by 2020, 92 percent of the jobs will require degrees beyond high schools. Statewide and national reports show similar trends, especially for STEM disciplines such as computing and information technology. Increasing the rate of students' transition from high school to college is critical to Americans' ability to find a job. Similarly, increasing the transition rate from two-year programs to bachelor's programs and increasing the completion rate of bachelor's degrees is becoming a necessity in an economy driven by information technology. Furthermore, attaining a college degree and gaining work experience significantly increase the readiness and competitiveness of citizens seeking jobs, especially in STEM fields. In his keynote address to the Ohio Global Reach To Engage Academic Talent conference, Eric Spiegel, former president and CEO of Siemens USA, highlighted the importance of apprenticeship programs that provide students with a combined work experience and post-secondary degree. Such programs require ongoing partnership between the industry and institutions of higher education.
In fact, solving the equation of access, cost, and quality will require direct involvement of the industry as an equal partner with the K12, the Community Colleges, and the University. Involvement as potential employer of the graduates of the education process and, especially for information technology companies, as a provider of technological tools that has the potential to transform this sector.
Information technology companies working in the education space can be a major player in the decade ahead by contributing solutions that crosses the institutional boundaries and provide efficient tools that measure students' attainment. Furthermore, they could provide global solutions that validate these attainments and provide validated credentials that address students' readiness for transitioning from K12 to Associate, Bachelor and finally to Masters Degree. Furthermore, they could provide solutions that directly connect the needs of the job market to the learning experiences offered at the educational institutions.
Jeffery Selingo authored a report for the Chronicle of Higher Education to identify challenges and opportunities that face higher education in the decade ahead. The report, "2026,-The Decade Ahead:The seismic shifts transforming the future of higher education" highlights areas of improvement such as universal credentialing of students' experiences with mapping to readiness requirements and college/job needs, seamless transition (admission) from one institution to another that builds on students' prior accomplishment and that utilizes knowledge about the students' accomplishment to reduce the time and cost of the admission process, and credentialing opportunities for teachers to better align content delivery between K12 and higher education.
The public-private interest in the education sector could make implementing such new solutions more challenging than the retail, music, banking, or entertainment sectors. However, the advancement in information technologies and the elevated expectations/readiness for citizens to consume such solutions could generate enough inertia to utilize those solutions to change the way we prepare citizens for the growing complexities of the job market. The decade ahead demands deep transformation in the education sector to address access, quality, and cost. Information technology solutions have the potential to drive that transformation.


With so many delicious brunch options in Hillcrest, it can be tough to stand out. Fig Tree Café has figured it out with their ever-evolving menu of omelets, eggs benedicts and creative, sinfully-sweet French toast and pancakes.
"Our French toast is known as the best in San Diego," said Grant Price, Manager at Fig Tree Café. The Hillcrest location goes all-in with Chef Alberto Morreale's French toast creations, which include cinnamon and brown sugar sautéed apple, strawberries & cream, berry sweet, Valentines (which is stuffed and topped with fresh raspberries and white chocolate raspberry sauce), cinnamon raisin and bananas foster. If pancakes are more your thing, good luck deciding between the pistachio, fresas con crema, butter pecan or orange suzette (with orange zest infused butter and syrup) short stacks. "We like to listen to what our guests want and be creative in coming up with innovative twists on traditional breakfast, brunch and lunch items," Price said.
Fig Tree Café opened in Hillcrest in 2011 after the concept proved popular in Pacific Beach. Owner Johan Engman found the perfect location for his unique, genuine dining experience in Hillcrest. "The Hillcrest store is very unique because of the vibrant community," Price said. It's also the only Fig Tree Café location with a brick oven, which is used to bake from-scratch flatbreads and the house-made focaccia bread served in all their restaurants. Their specialty flatbreads include the shrimp, with bacon, Anaheim chilies, scallions, truffle cream and cilantro, and the short rib, with mozzarella, braised Angus beef short ribs, rosemary potatoes and horseradish crème fraiche.
Price attributed Fig Tree Café's creativity in their menu to "traveling the world and sampling the plethora of unique cultural cuisines." Between that inspiration and requests and recommendations from guests, Morreale and his team are always experimenting with new flavors and dishes. Only the best, of course, make it to the menu. "It's always very exciting to promote new menu items and see how they're accepted by our guests," Price said.
To avoid the lengthy wait times at Fig Tree Café, Price advises guests to come early (they open at 8 a.m. every day) or later in the afternoons on weekends. Breakfast is served all day, and happy hour is from 2 to 4 p.m., daily.


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…Children's Service with Stations of the Cross at the cathedral at 9:30am.
…Holy Trinity, SSM, has a three hour service beginning at noon with a one hour vigil. People are free to spend as much of the three hours as they would like.
Saturday, March 31…The Great Vigil of Easter, 7:30pm at the cathedral (a shared service with Anglican and Lutheran churches in SSM); Bishop Anne, Presider; The Rev. Claire Miller, Preacher.
March 26, 2018 in Miscellaneous.


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Fundraising data privacy goes before the Supreme Court next month
Stanage Edge boulder. Photo by Julie Kahn
Maybe you already knew about this but it was a total surprise to me this week: Right now at this very moment there's a case in front of the US Supreme Court that directly impacts the amount of information – private information about our major donors – that nonprofits may have to share in order to be able to raise money in the state of California.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), four of its chapters, and more than 120 nonprofits have filed an amicus brief in the case to prevent this from happening, and there are at least 35 other amicus briefs filed on behalf of 275 more nonprofits country-wide.
If that weren't enough action, 22 state attorneys general, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the U.S. Solicitor General have also filed briefs in support of the petitioners.
So yeah, this is kind of a big deal. Here's what's at stake:
As you probably know, nonprofits have to file an audited income tax form called a Form 990 each year with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which outlines (among other things) that nonprofit's mission, its board members, and its income and expenses. This form becomes part of the public record about the nonprofit so that the government (and any potential supporters) are provided transparency into the nonprofit's finances.
What you may not know is that one part of the form is the "Schedule B," on which the nonprofit is required to share the names and addresses of all of its donors who have given more than $5,000 or 2% of that nonprofit's income over the year. This information is usually redacted from the public record when it's shared with searchable sources like the Foundation Directory Online or ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, which is why it's generally not seen.
Nonprofits are required to register in every state where they raise money. In 2013, the California Attorney General's office ruled that every nonprofit from that moment forward would have to share their Schedule B (in confidence) as part of their registration process.
There are at least three problems with this:
1) By sharing confidential information about supporters with their contact information, nonprofits could potentially subject their donors to political reprisal based on the change of political opinion and/or incumbent attorney general. Before the middle of the last decade we might not have thought too much about this, but since then nonprofits and causes previously thought of as relatively apolitical suddenly became so.
2) Data gets hacked. Even if it's kept in confidence, there's no guarantee that information stored electronically by the California AG's office won't be accessed illegally by bad actors and published (or used for other nefarious purposes).
3) Accidents happen. The state of California has already disclosed more than 1800 donor names accidentally from Schedule Bs that it published on its website. Once it's out, you can't put that toothpaste back in the tube.
California has no logical reason to need this information, particularly for nonprofits outside of its legal jurisdiction. And as AFP president and CEO Mike Geiger has said, there's a real fear that major supporters won't want their home addresses and gift amounts shared electronically, so they could stop giving. (Or, alternatively, it could push them toward making gifts through donor advised funds).
These cases, called Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra and Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra, have made their way to the U.S. Supreme Court and very soon we'll see what the Supremes have to say about nonprofits, politics, and donor privacy because it's going to be argued a month from now – April 26th.
Stay tuned and watch this space (Scotus blog) and the AFP website for more information.
Filed Under: News Tagged With: AFP, Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra, Association of Fundraising Professionals, ethics, fundraising, fundraising ethics, privacy, prospect research, Supreme Court, Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra
September 12, 2019 By Helen Brown
It's not rocket science – ethics, due diligence, and risk
Daisy Water. Photo by William M. Connolley at English Wikipedia
The MIT Media Lab/Epstein scandal is a kick in the gut for those of us in prospect development and for the hundreds of frontline fundraisers that I've worked with (and thousands that I haven't) who do their jobs ethically.
It angers me that my profession is being tarred by the brush of bad actors working in the shadowy fringes:
Coaches taking money to get rich kids into reputable universities.
Program directors taking money knowingly from a guy who sex trafficked girls (because why else would you insist the gift be an anonymous workaround when the university's central fundraising office told you that the individual was off limits?).
Bad-apple fundraisers, nonprofit leaders, and administrators that turn a blind eye. Or are actively complicit.
It angers me to my core. We already have enough working against philanthropy these days, with dwindling numbers of donors; deficit funding that creates starvation cycles; low pay; a desperate need to retain good fundraisers; a stock market that is unstable; political systems in flux; and pundits who have never worked a day in the industry social-media blasting their opinions about the evils of our sector and scaring off actual decent people that could fund our work. We don't need people within our institutions working against us, too.
It's not rocket science. It's basic ethics.
Fundraising ethics are not a nebulous mystery
There is a boatload of guidance out there on how to behave ethically in fundraising. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has a published code of ethics. As does Apra, the professional association for those of us in prospect development. CASE, too. AASP. AHP. I can't think of a fundraising-related professional association that doesn't have at least one (and sometimes two) codes of conduct/bills of rights.
Here at The Helen Brown Group, each employee on their first day has to sign an agreement that they will follow the Apra ethics guidelines. It's not just lip service, either: I also have a discussion with each new colleague about our company values and expectations for their ethical conduct. My guess is that there are quite a few nonprofit managers that do the same. (Does yours? Do you?)
But besides ethical guidelines, there's also what I call the "gut check." If you have to lie, obfuscate, convince someone, or conceal a donor/relationship, you already know in your heart that whatever dodo you're trying to launch isn't going to fly. You know what that gut check feels like:
I am an institutional fundraiser. It is the duty of everyone involved in development to make sure that the highest levels of integrity are maintained. I can think of two times in my career that I have felt that the money I was taking was inappropriate, though nothing on the scale of Epstein. One gift was a quid-pro-quo for an internship for the donor's child, and the other was a gift with questionable tax consequences. I deferred to bosses both times, and I regret it."
-Commenter user_4429094 on Boston Globe article "Former MIT Media Lab Fund-Raiser says he was following university rules on Epstein donations" (9/10/2019)
I do get it – the pressure of a supervisor, a donor, a powerful leader "strongly encouraging" you to do something you know is counter to your professional ethics is extraordinarily hard to say no to. In the moment it feels nearly impossible. I am fortunate that saying no (which I have done) never put my job on the line, but I know that it can. The question to ask yourself in the moment is, would you want everyone to link your personal reputation with this action? Do you want your name and that donor's to be forever intertwined? Is it worth that?
We have ethics resources. We need to make sure they're deployed, understood, and followed by everyone who touches money. Not just people in the fundraising office, because as we've seen, the actions of a few bad (or uninformed) actors on the fringes can take the shine off the domes of previously solid institutions and respected development offices in a New Yorker minute.
Risk and gift acceptance
And it's not just following ethical guidelines internally, right? It's knowing what potential risks lie out there, too. Knowing which prospective donors could bring reputational risk to your door and avoiding them (or being prepared to defend your relationship with them).
It doesn't matter (to me) if your leadership decides to accept gifts from Koch or Soros (or neither), tobacco and guns (or neither), big pharma (or no pharma). What about a prospective donor who has done jail time – under what circumstances is your organization prepared to affirm that have they paid their debt to society? What about someone whose source of wealth is a little too hard to nail down, or is tied up in businesses that lend themselves to graft? What will you do then?
If you can defend a company or industry or donor's alignment with your mission to your stakeholders and the court of public opinion, then you're good to go. But you need to write it down.
It's critical to have transparent, published gift acceptance guidelines to help every one of your stakeholders – internal and external – remain clear on whose money you will accept and whose you will not. What projects you will take it for, and what you will not. A gift acceptance policy is a reflection of your ethics and values, and it serves as one important guardrail for your philanthropic work.
I'm aware that many nonprofits in the United Kingdom have in recent years formed gift acceptance review groups. The group meets on a regular basis, and it is required that each solicitation at a certain level go before the group to be discussed and approved (or rejected). Yes, it probably slows the process down slightly, but you can't beat the transparency and accountability.
What else saves your bacon?
Besides a solid gift acceptance policy and a review panel, due diligence prospect research is one of the few shields that an organization and its leadership have against institutional and personal reputation damage. Due diligence research checks for past civil or criminal charges; whether the person or company is politically exposed; whether they or their family serve on a company or nonprofit board whose mission is antithetical to your nonprofit's; if they are, in fact, as wealthy or well connected or even who they say they are.
But a due diligence report isn't worth the paper it's printed on if its recommendations aren't followed – or if non-professional fundraisers act outside of that safety net.
Because that's exactly what due diligence prospect research is: a safety net. You may think it's expensive to have it, but it's lots more expensive not to.
If you don't have one yet, create a gift acceptance plan now and take advantage of due diligence
Whose responsibility is it at your organization to make sure that everyone in the institution that cultivates and solicits donors is aware of and is following the nonprofit's ethical guidelines for fundraising? Do you have an institutional gift acceptance policy and is everyone aware of it? Does your nonprofit demonstrate transparency for all internal and external stakeholders?
Now is a pretty good time to get on that.
Filed Under: Fundraising Ethics, News Tagged With: AASP, AFP, AHP, APRA, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, CASE, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Donor Bill of Rights, ethics, gift acceptance policies
Act like it's not our first time at the rodeo
John Paulson's gift of $400 million to Harvard has released a surprising amount of ill-will and petty sniping around fundraising water coolers. Around our virtual instant-message water cooler, HBG Researcher Rachel Dakarian and I started talking about Paulson's gift and donor intent (the inclination rating we discussed previously here on The Intelligent Edge). I asked Rachel to create an article covering our thoughts, so with thanks, I turn it over to her:
You probably saw in the news recently that Harvard University announced its all-time largest donation: a $400-million gift from John A. Paulson to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Campaign Success, Fundraising Ethics, News Tagged With: $400 million gift, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Donor Bill of Rights, donor intent, fundraising, Harvard University, John A. Paulson, John Paulson, Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times, Rachel Dakarian, stewardship, Washington Post
October 9, 2014 By Helen Brown
How to recruit for that hard-to-fill position
How do you recruit new employees? That's always a tough question in the prospect research field.
Partly because there is no college degree in prospect research. High school kids don't think "Hey! I'm going to be a prospect researcher when I grow up!" Not because it's not desirable, but because they just don't know prospect research as a career choice exists. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Career development, Research Department Success Tagged With: AFP, APRA, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, prospect research, recruiting, recruitment
Introverts Advance! How researchers adapt in an extroverted world
We kick off October with a guest post from HBG Senior Researcher Kenneth Tavares. Like EF Hutton, when normally-quiet Kenny offers a comment at one of our staff meetings, the rest of the team listens. Kenny always has something insightful to say. Here he guides office introverts in the ways of getting ahead and getting heard. Enjoy!
When I entered the field of prospect research more than 10 years ago, I was admittedly intrigued by the opportunity to not only provide appropriate intelligence, but also to do it with a certain amount of autonomy. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Career development, Research Department Success Tagged With: Anita Bruzzese, APRA, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, Beth Buelow, career development, EF Hutton, extrovert, introvert, Kenny Tavares, NEDRA, New England Development Research Association, prospect research, Susan Cain
March 6, 2014 By Helen Brown
I'm going to let you in on a secret. Across the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and a growing number of other places around the globe, there are more than 5,000 of us.
People who, at one time or other in our professional lives have faced bias and, at times, even open revulsion from the public or the very people we serve. Most of the time we face well-intentioned misunderstanding without even knowing it.
Filed Under: Fundraising Ethics, Most popular, Research Department Success Tagged With: #ResearchPride, advocacy, AFP, APRA, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, prospect research
They're going to leave (unless you keep them)
This year's AFP/Urban Institute Fundraising Effectiveness Project reported that for every 100 new donors that supported a small-to-medium sized nonprofit in the United States last year, 107 donors left. Even more starkly, "every $100 gained in 2011 was offset by $100 in losses through gift attrition."
Every year small-to-medium nonprofits are working harder just to break even.
Overall the study found that the largest gains come from new donors and the largest losses came from lapsed new donors.
Lapsed new donors.
These are the friends that should be easiest to keep. You're still in the honeymoon phase. They're excited about your organization enough to make a first gift. Sure, some of them will have given because of a road race or a golf tournament or in memory of someone. But most of those new donors should spell opportunity, not the promise of future loss. And as we've been told a hundred times, it costs less to retain a donor than it does to acquire one.
For larger nonprofits (organizations raising $500,000 and more) the figures are very different. For the most part, the more money an organization raises per year, the less likely they are to have donors leave them. Their losses due to attrition are cut by half.
So what's the difference between small organizations and large ones? How are the larger ones able to keep their new donors?
A stronger fundraising infrastructure makes a big difference; overhead isn't a bad thing when it is used effectively. The report strongly recommends building internal capacity overall and then annually providing extra budget support to the areas showing the greatest opportunities and success. Most of the larger organizations use prospect research to identify the new and renewing donors that have the highest potential to be upgraded. If yours doesn't do that already, now is a good time to start.
What can you do now?
We're swiftly coming up to year-end and your organization will, with luck, have an influx of brand new donors that you don't want to lose next year.
This January, use prospect research – do an electronic screening of those new year-end donors. Apply data analytics to find the hidden gems in your database. Research the ones with the most potential to find their interests and philanthropic capacity. If you don't have internal capacity, hire a professional. Prospect research may be an overhead expense, but it's more expensive to keep treading water year after year.
Resolve to keep more of your new donors next year. You can start now.
Filed Under: Campaign Success, Strategic planning Tagged With: AFP, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Fundraising Effectiveness Project, fundraising overhead, lapsed donors, prospect research, retaining donors, Urban Institute


On Tuesday, 5th class walked to the Cope Foundation Centre in Fermoy to donate some money. The boys in 5th class completed the Junior Entrepreneur Programme this year with their company "Sweet Treats". As part of learning about how an entrepreneur builds a business, the pupils baked and sold Rice Krispy Buns, Rocky Road and Chocolate Marshmallows. Every pupil worked very hard and "Sweet Treats" was a huge success. 5th class made a great profit and voted to donate the money to the Cope Foundation. When we visited the centre, we were greeted with smiles, kind wishes and some delicious refreshments. It was a really enjoyable day and we all left with a warm feeling in our hearts.


Celiac Disease: The Quintessential Autoimmune Disorder!
Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune condition that is linked to several other autoimmune diseases. Renowned expert, Dr. Ivor Hill from the Celiac Disease Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital breaks down the science of celiac disease and explains how and why it is common for patients with celiac disease to develop other conditions.
Management of Celiac Disease - Is Your Doctor Doing Things Right?
In Fall 2016, a team of experts published best practices for the management of pediatric celiac disease in the journal Pediatrics. The paper explored key areas of how to manage patients including: nutrition, bone health, endocrinology, nephrology and follow-up testing. In this presentation, Dr. Benny Kerzner discusses the various recommendations to help families ensure they receive the best care.
Should everyone in the United States be screened for celiac disease? Current research by Dr. Edwin Liu and his team at the Celiac Disease Center at Colorado Children's Hospital is trying to answer this difficult question. In this presentation, Dr. Liu breaks down the research and offers insight into the future potential for screening children, relatives and the masses for celiac disease.
If there was a magical pill to allow people with celiac disease to eat gluten, would you take it? To help families better understand current drug therapies under development for celiac disease, Dr. Jocelyn Silvester from the Celiac Disease Research Program at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital breaks down the research and explains how the therapies would work and the timeframe for release on the market. Dr. Silvester also touches on research to develop tools to better measure adherence to the gluten-free diet.
Is a little bit of gluten ok for someone with celiac disease? How much gluten will it take to actually cause a harmful reaction? In this presentation, Dr. Aline Charabaty, Director of the IBD Center at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital discusses the importance of strict compliance with the gluten-free diet and potential complications for patients who regularly cheat by eating gluten.
Can celiac disease be misdiagnosed as anorexia? Can people with celiac disease develop an eating disorder? Research conducted by Dr. Rose-Marie Satherley and her team shows that in fact up to 20 percent of people with celiac disease may also have a form of disordered eating. In this presentation, Dr. Satherley discusses the research and strategies for managing eating issues associated with celiac disease.
You've probably gotten a coupon in the mail for a grocery or meal delivery service and were likely tempted by the "Week of Free Meals" or $75 off grocery deals. But are these services providing safe gluten-free foods? In this presentation, Vanessa Weisbrod from the Celiac Disease Program at Children's National Health System dives into the different types of grocery and meal delivery services available and discusses how each works, positive and time-saving benefits, and potential areas for concern.
Is your gluten-free bagel better or worse for you then its gluten-containing counterpart? Is there value to a gluten-free diet if you don't have celiac disease? In her presentation, Pam Cureton from the University of Maryland Celiac Disease Center takes a close look at the nutrition of gluten-free specialty products and discusses how to ensure you're getting a well-balanced gluten-free diet.
What is the potential for cross-contamination of gluten-free grains? Are companies taking the proper precautions to keep our gluten-free food safe? In this presentation, Health Coach Lori Fish Bard discusses the manufacturing process of gluten-free grains and points out how companies are working to ensure safety.
Managing a gluten-free diet can be a stressful and anxiety filled experience for individuals and families living with celiac disease. To help build a strong emotional foundation for managing a chronic condition, in her presentation, Dr. Shayna Coburn from the Celiac Disease Program at Children's National Health System discusses strategies for coping with a diagnosis and managing it in many elements of one's life.
Traveling with a family can be a daunting experience. Add in a gluten-free diet and the challenges can be overwhelming. In this presentation, Erin Smith – also known as the Gluten-Free Globetrotter — discusses strategies for family travel and top accommodating destinations.
How are restaurants trained to prepare gluten-free food? In this presentation, restaurant training expert Kim Koeller of Gluten-Free Passport discusses the proper practices for a restaurant to offer gluten-free food and how customers can make sure they are dining at a venue that can safely accommodate their dietary needs.
The Gluten-Free Diet: Management Strategies and Should We All Be Gluten-Free?
The nuts and bolts of the gluten-free diet! Should everyone be on a gluten-free diet? In this presentation, Janelle Smith from the Celiac Disease Foundation discusses the basics of the gluten-free diet, myths surrounding gluten-free foods, and whether or not the general public should be on a gluten-free diet regardless of a celiac disease diagnosis.
Looking to plan a vacation this year? Travel experts Karen Broussard from Gluten-Free Travel Site and Ellen Morse from Gluten-Free Travel-US offer a step by step guide to preparing for a trip while also managing a gluten-free diet. The presentation offers tips for selecting a destination, arranging activities and dining in gluten-free style.
What Does 20ppm Really Look Like?
The FDA's 20ppm gluten threshold is complicated to understand. Is it a grain of sand? A slice of bread? Or somewhere in between? The Celiac Program at Children's National breaks it down with the help of the Gluten-Free Professor. You'll learn what 20ppm gluten looks like, the practical implications for your daily meals, and why the FDA picked 20ppm as the gluten-free standard.
Children's National Celiac Disease Program Dietitian Laura Hashiguchi introduces families to the gluten-free diet by exploring safe, unsafe, and questionable foods. You'll learn all about reading food labels and how the new Food and Drug Administration food labeling laws affect products on grocery store shelves.
Head into the kitchen in the Washington Nationals Diabetes Care Complex at Children's National with Vanessa Weisbrod from the Celiac Disease Program to learn all about preventing cross-contamination from gluten-containing foods. Whether it's the toaster, pots and pans, baking sheets, or strainers, a safe gluten-free lifestyle means washing items thoroughly and keeping gluten-free items separate.
Living a healthy gluten-free lifestyle means more than picking up packaged products labeled gluten-free at your local grocery store. Head into the kitchen with Dietitian Laura Hashiguchi from the Children's National Celiac Disease Program to learn all about maintaining a well-balanced, gluten-free diet packed with nutrients and good-for-you ingredients.


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