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var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');
var readline = require('readline');

var program = require('commander');
var ncp = require('ncp').ncp;
var chalk = require('chalk');
var rl = readline.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout);

var parseApk = require('./lib/parseApk');
var AdmZip=require('adm-zip');
var $ = require('shelljs');
function success() {
  process.exit(0);
}
function md5(file){
	return $.exec("md5sum "+file+" | awk '{print $1}'",{silent:true}).output.trim();
}

module.exports = function (callback) {

  program
    .version('1.0.0')
    .option('-t, --tablet', 'Create a tablet version')
    .option('-s, --scale', 'Enable application window scaling')
    .option('-n, --name [value]', 'Extension display name')
	.option('-b --backup','Create Backup')
    .usage('<path_to_apk_file ...>')
    .parse(process.argv);

  var apk = program.args[0];
  callback = callback || success;

  if (!apk) {
    throw new Error('Please provide a path to an APK file...');
  }

  parseApk(apk, function (err, data) {
   //console.log(data);
   if (err) {
      console.log(chalk.yellow('Failed to load APK'));
    }

    var packageName = null;
    var realname = null;
	var info={};
	var l={};
    try {
      packageName = info.packageName = data.package.name;
      langs = data.locales;
      l['en']=data['application-label'].replace(/¿/, "'");//单引号冲突解决
      if(langs[0]!="-"){
           for(var i = 1; i < langs.length;i++){
              realname=data['application-label-'+langs[i]].replace(/¿/, "'");
              if(realname && realname!=l['en']){
                l[langs[i]]=realname;
              }
          }
      }

      info.names=l;
      info.versionCode=data.package.versionCode;
      info.versionName=data.package.versionName;
      info.icon=data.application['icon'];

    } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
      console.log(chalk.yellow('Failed to parse package name in the APK.'));
    }

    if (!packageName) {
      console.log(chalk.yellow('Unknown APK package.'));
      console.log('Please enter the package name (i.e "com.skype.raider", if you get this wrong your app will NOT work): ');
      rl.prompt();
      rl.on('line', function (text) {
        text = text.trim();

        if (/\.apk$/.test(text)) {
          console.log(chalk.red('Package names do not end with .apk'));
          console.log('They usually look like com.application.developer or com.website.www');
          process.exit(0);
        } else if (text.indexOf(' ') !== -1) {
          console.log(chalk.red('Package names do not contain spaces'));
          console.log('They usually look like com.application.developer or com.website.www');
          process.exit(0);
        }
        else {
          info['packageName']=text;
          createExtension(info,apk);
        }
      })
      .on('close', function () {
        process.exit(0);
      });
    } else {
      createExtension(info,apk);
      //console.log(test);
    }

    function createExtension(info,apk) {
      var packageName = info['packageName'];
      var langs = info['names'];
      var icon_url = info['icon'];
      var templatePath = path.join(__dirname, '_template');
      var appPath = path.join(packageName + '.android');
      var bak = "bak";
	  var tmp='';

      // TODO: refactor this if needed in the future
      ncp(templatePath, appPath, function (err) {
        if (err) {
          throw err;
        }

/*set icon*/
		var zip=new AdmZip(apk);

		zip.extractEntryTo(icon_url,appPath, /*maintainEntryPath*/false, /*overwrite*/true);

              fs.renameSync(path.join(appPath,path.basename(icon_url)),path.join(appPath,"icon.png"));
          /*备份图片和apk*/
		info.apkHash = md5(apk);
		if(program.backup){
		      if(!fs.existsSync(bak)){
		            fs.mkdirSync(bak);
		      }
		      info.iconHash = md5(path.join(appPath,"icon.png"));
		      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(bak,info.iconHash+".png"), fs.readFileSync(path.join(appPath,"icon.png")));
		      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(bak,info.apkHash+".apk"), fs.readFileSync(apk));
          }
          console.log(JSON.stringify(info));
        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(appPath, 'vendor', 'chromium', 'crx', 'custom-android-release-1400197.apk'), fs.readFileSync(apk));

        var manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(templatePath, 'manifest.json')));
        var messages = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(templatePath, '_locales', 'en', 'messages.json')));

        manifest.arc_metadata.name = packageName;
        manifest.arc_metadata.packageName = packageName;
        manifest.version = '1337';

        if (program.tablet) {
          manifest.arc_metadata.formFactor = 'tablet';
          manifest.arc_metadata.orientation = 'landscape';
        }

        if (program.scale) {
          manifest.arc_metadata.resize = 'scale';
        }

        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(appPath, 'manifest.json'), JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
        for(key in langs){
        	if(langs[key]){
        		messages.extName.message = langs[key];
        	}else{
        		messages.extName.message = langs['en'];
        	}
        	tmp=path.join(appPath, '_locales', key);
        	if(!fs.existsSync(tmp)){
        		fs.mkdirSync(tmp);
        	}
        	fs.writeFileSync(path.join(appPath, '_locales', key, 'messages.json'), JSON.stringify(messages, null, 2));
        }
        callback(appPath);

      });

    }
  });

};


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Whirlpool Corp (WHR) SEC Filing 8-K Material Event for the period ending Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Home SEC Filings Whirlpool Corp (WHR) 8-K Material Event Wed Oct 21 2020
Whirlpool Corp
Ticker: WHR CIK: 106640
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION REPORTS OUTSTANDING THIRD-QUARTER 2020 RESULTS
•Delivered net sales growth of 3.9% globally and organic net sales(5) (non-GAAP) growth of 7.0%, driven by solid industry demand across the globe.
•Strong Q3 GAAP net earnings margin of 7.5% (up 50 basis points) and record ongoing (non-GAAP) EBIT margin(2) of 12.0% (up 480 basis points), with three of four regions delivering significant margin expansion.
•$500 million cost takeout program (including raw material savings) fully on track, delivering approximately $175 million in the quarter and $350 million year-to-date.
•Cash provided by operating activities and free cash flow(4) improved by approximately $1 billion and were positive in the quarter, driven by increased net earnings and disciplined working capital management.
•Reinstating full-year 2020 guidance, forecasting earnings per diluted share of $14.90 to $15.40 on a GAAP basis and $17.50 to $18.00 on an ongoing(1) basis; cash provided by operating activities in 2020 of ~$1.2 billion and free cash flow(4) of approximately ~$900 million.
•Increased quarterly dividend to $1.25 per share on October 20, 2020, resulting in the eighth consecutive year of dividend increases.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., October 21, 2020 - Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today reported financial results for the third-quarter of 2020.
"From the outset of this global crisis, we have taken decisive actions to weather the uncertainty and win in the eventual economic recovery. Our results this quarter are a testament to those actions, the exceptional execution by our employees, and the resiliency of our long-term strategy," said Marc Bitzer, chairman and chief executive officer of Whirlpool Corporation. "Looking ahead, while uncertainty remains, our Q3 performance serves as an additional proof-point that we are well-positioned to capitalize on the structural improvements in housing and consumer trends, and firmly demonstrates the viability of our long-term shareholder value creation strategy."
- Marc Bitzer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
KEY RESULTS
Third-Quarter Results
2020 2019 Change
Net sales ($M) $5,291 $5,091 $200 3.9%
Organic net sales(5) ($M)
$5,448 $5,091 $357 7.0%
GAAP net earnings available to Whirlpool ($M) $397 $358 $39 11.0%
Ongoing EBIT(2) ($M)
$635 $364 $271 74.5%
GAAP earnings per diluted share $6.27 $5.57 $0.70 12.6%
Ongoing earnings per diluted share(1)
$6.91 $3.97 $2.94 74.1%
Year-to-Date Cash Flow
2020 YTD
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities ($M) $407 $(566) $973
Free Cash Flow(4) ($M)
$170 $(805) $975
QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS
•Delivered GAAP and ongoing (non-GAAP) earnings per diluted share(1) of $6.27 and $6.91, respectively, driven by exceptional execution of go-to-market and cost takeout actions.
•Strong liquidity position with a cash balance of $3.5 billion as of September 30, 2020 and approximately $2.5 billion available under committed credit facilities. The Company intends to repay $1.7 billion of outstanding short term debt by fiscal year end, including all COVID-related short term borrowings.
"We are pleased to announce that we are increasing our full-year revenue expectations and reinstating our earnings per share guidance for full-year 2020 above our initial range, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic," said Jim Peters, chief financial officer of Whirlpool Corporation. "Our liquidity position remains exceptionally strong, and we expect to continue to strengthen our balance sheet by paying down the short term debt we took on at the outset of the pandemic by the end of the year. Finally, we are happy to have announced a dividend increase for the eighth consecutive year, reflecting the confidence we have in our business now and in the future."
- Jim Peters, Chief Financial Officer
Change Change excluding currency impact
Net sales ($M) $2,961 $3,010 (1.6)% (1.6)%
EBIT(3) ($M)
$567 $387 46.7% -
•Revenue softness due to COVID-related supply constraints, while order backlog remains elevated.
•Record third-quarter EBIT margin(3) of 19.2 percent, compared to 12.8 percent in the same prior-year period, driven by strong cost discipline and go-to-market actions.
Net sales ($M) $1,258 $1,090 15.4% 13.6%
$43 $(4) nm -
•Demand recovery drove solid volume growth year-over-year, with double digit growth in key countries.
•Third-quarter EBIT margin(3) was 3.4 percent, compared to (0.4) percent in the same prior-year period, as increased demand and cost takeout actions were partially offset by unfavorable currency.
Net sales ($M) $719 $632 13.7% 40.0%
$77 $29 165.5% -
•Organic net sales(5) growth of 40 percent driven by Brazil industry growth and share gains.
•Third-quarter EBIT margin(3) was 10.7 percent, compared to 4.6 percent in the same prior-year period, as increased demand and positive price/mix offset unfavorable currency.
Net sales ($M) $353 $358 (1.4)% 0.7%
$6 $9 (28.1)% -
•Strong India performance driven by demand recovery and share gains, despite continued COVID-related disruptions.
•China demand weakness resulted in negative EBIT for the quarter.
FULL-YEAR 2020 OUTLOOK
•Full-year 2020 net sales decline of 5 percent to 7 percent and organic net sales(5) of 0 percent to a decline of 1 percent
•GAAP earnings per diluted share of $14.90 to $15.40
•Ongoing earnings per diluted share(1) of $17.50 to $18.00
•GAAP and adjusted tax rate (non-GAAP) of 23 to 25 percent
•Cash provided by operating activities of approximately $1.2 billion
•Free cash flow of approximately $900 million
(1)A reconciliation of ongoing earnings per diluted share, a non-GAAP financial measure, to reported net earnings per diluted share available to Whirlpool and other important information, appears below.
(2)A reconciliation of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and ongoing EBIT, non-GAAP financial measures, to reported net earnings available to Whirlpool, and a reconciliation of EBIT margin and ongoing EBIT margin, non-GAAP financial measures, to net earnings margin and other important information, appears below.
(3)Segment EBIT and Ongoing Segment EBIT represents our consolidated EBIT broken down by the Company's reportable segments and are metrics used by the chief operating decision maker in accordance with ASC 280. Consolidated EBIT also includes corporate "Other/Eliminations" of $(101) million and $301 million for the third quarters of 2020 and 2019, respectively. Ongoing segment EBIT includes certain adjustments to segment EBIT, and a reconciliation and other important information, appears below. EMEA Q3 2019 EBIT and EBIT margin reflects ongoing results, which excludes $14 million in legacy product warranty expense.
(4)A reconciliation of free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, to cash provided by (used in) operating activities and other important information, appears below.
(5)Organic net sales reflects net sales excluding the impact of foreign currency and the Embraco divestiture.
Contact Whirlpool Corporation: Media: 269/923-7405, Media@Whirlpool.com, Financial: Roxanne Warner, 269/923-2641, Investor_Relations@Whirlpool.com
About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the leading kitchen and laundry appliance company in the world, with approximately $20 billion in annual sales, 77,000 employees and 59 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2019. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world. Additional information about the company can be found at whirlpoolcorp.com.
We routinely post important information for investors on our website, whirlpoolcorp.com, in the "Investors" section. We also intend to update the Hot Topics Q&A portion of this webpage as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Investors section of our website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our webpage is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.
Whirlpool Additional Information:
This document contains forward-looking statements about Whirlpool Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries ("Whirlpool") that speak only as of this date. Whirlpool disclaims any obligation to update these statements. Forward-looking statements in this document may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expected net sales and organic net sales, earnings per share, cash flow, ongoing EBIT, tax rates, regional profitability, restructuring charges and expenditures, cost takeout, order pipeline, supply chain impacts, short-term debt repayment and balance sheet strengthening expectations, long-term deleveraging, sale of assets and businesses expectations, go-to-market actions and cost takeout impact on margins, investments and currency, and raw material prices, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and financial condition, our ability to weather COVID-19 related economic uncertainty and ability to win in the economic recovery following the crisis. Many risks, contingencies and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from Whirlpool's forward-looking statements. Among these factors are: (1) COVID-19 pandemic-related business disruption and economic uncertainty; (2) intense competition in the home appliance industry reflecting the impact of both new and established global competitors, including Asian and European manufacturers, and the impact of the changing retail environment, including direct-to-consumer sales; (3) Whirlpool's ability to maintain or increase sales to significant trade customers and the ability of these trade customers to maintain or increase market share; (4) Whirlpool's ability to maintain its reputation and brand image; (5) the ability of Whirlpool to achieve its business plans, productivity improvements, and cost control objectives, and to leverage its global operating platform, and accelerate the rate of innovation; (6) Whirlpool's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights; (7) acquisition and investment-related risks, including risks associated with our past acquisitions, and risks associated with our increased presence in emerging markets; (8) risks related to our international operations, including changes in foreign regulations, regulatory compliance and disruptions arising from political, legal and economic instability; (9) information technology system failures, data security breaches, data privacy compliance, network disruptions, and cybersecurity attacks; (10) product liability and product recall costs; (11) the ability of suppliers of critical parts, components and manufacturing equipment to deliver sufficient quantities to Whirlpool in a timely and cost-effective manner; (12) our ability to attract, develop and retain executives and other qualified employees; (13) the impact of labor relations; (14) fluctuations in the cost of key materials (including steel, resins, copper and aluminum) and components and the ability of Whirlpool to offset cost increases; (15) Whirlpool's ability to manage foreign currency fluctuations; (16) impacts from goodwill impairment and related charges; (17) triggering events or circumstances impacting the carrying value of our long-lived assets; (18) inventory and other asset risk; (19) the uncertain global economy and changes in economic conditions which affect demand for our products; (20) health care cost trends, regulatory changes and variations between results and estimates that could increase future funding obligations for pension and postretirement benefit plans; (21) changes in
LIBOR, or replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate; (22) litigation, tax, and legal compliance risk and costs, especially if materially different from the amount we expect to incur or have accrued for, and any disruptions caused by the same; (23) the effects and costs of governmental investigations or related actions by third parties; and (24) changes in the legal and regulatory environment including environmental, health and safety regulations, and taxes and tariffs. Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in Whirlpool's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K.
Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in Whirlpool's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. The number one major appliance manufacturer in the world claim is based on most recently available publicly reported annual revenues among leading appliance manufacturers.
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
(Millions of dollars, except per share data)
Net sales $ 5,291 $ 5,091 $ 13,658 $ 15,037
Cost of products sold 4,136 4,350 11,172 12,552
Gross margin 1,155 741 2,486 2,485
Selling, general and administrative 513 491 1,354 1,580
Intangible amortization 16 17 46 53
Restructuring costs 63 56 186 142
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses (7) (516) (7) (437)
Operating profit 570 693 907 1,147
Other (income) expense
Interest and sundry (income) expense (22) (29) (38) (222)
Interest expense 51 45 142 148
Earnings before income taxes 541 677 803 1,221
Income tax expense (benefit) 143 313 233 311
Net earnings 398 364 570 910
Less: Net earnings (loss) available to noncontrolling interests 1 6 (14) 14
Net earnings available to Whirlpool $ 397 $ 358 $ 584 $ 896
Per share of common stock
Basic net earnings available to Whirlpool $ 6.35 $ 5.62 $ 9.33 $ 14.04
Diluted net earnings available to Whirlpool $ 6.27 $ 5.57 $ 9.26 $ 13.93
Dividends declared $ 1.20 $ 1.20 $ 3.60 $ 3.55
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in millions)
Basic 62.6 63.6 62.6 63.8
Diluted 63.3 64.2 63.1 64.3
Comprehensive income $ 375 $ 419 $ 436 $ 1,002
(Millions of dollars, except share data)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $144 and $132, respectively 2,716 2,198
Inventories 2,216 2,438
Prepaid and other current assets 847 810
Total current assets 9,307 7,398
Property, net of accumulated depreciation of $6,681 and $6,444, respectively 3,136 3,301
Right of use assets 904 921
Other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $644 and $593, respectively 2,190 2,225
Other noncurrent assets 213 358
Accounts payable $ 4,179 4,547
Accrued expenses 687 652
Accrued advertising and promotions 751 949
Employee compensation 516 450
Notes payable 1,735 294
Current maturities of long-term debt 298 559
Other current liabilities 939 918
Total current liabilities 9,105 8,369
Pension benefits 470 542
Postretirement benefits 163 322
Lease liabilities 735 778
Other noncurrent liabilities 643 612
Total noncurrent liabilities 6,976 6,394
Common stock, $1 par value, 250 million shares authorized, 112 million shares issued, and 62 million and 63 million shares outstanding, respectively 113 112
Additional paid-in capital 2,865 2,806
Retained earnings 8,223 7,870
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (2,754) (2,618)
Treasury stock, 50 million and 49 million shares, respectively (5,076) (4,975)
Total Whirlpool stockholders' equity 3,371 3,195
Noncontrolling interests 907 923
Total stockholders' equity 4,278 4,118
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 20,359 $ 18,881
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
Operating activities
Net earnings $ 570 $ 910
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 414 443
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses — (437)
Accounts receivable (663) (517)
Inventories 158 (525)
Accounts payable (162) (110)
Accrued advertising and promotions (179) (62)
Accrued expenses and current liabilities (163) 29
Taxes deferred and payable, net 90 (59)
Accrued pension and postretirement benefits (55) (72)
Employee compensation 137 77
Other 260 (243)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities 407 (566)
Investing activities
Capital expenditures (251) (306)
Proceeds from sale of assets and business 27 1,034
Other — (5)
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities (224) 723
Financing activities
Net proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt 1,031 699
Repayments of long-term debt (568) (946)
Net proceeds (repayments) from short-term borrowings 1,405 (63)
Dividends paid (232) (229)
Repurchase of common stock (121) (100)
Common stock issued 16 5
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities 1,531 (641)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (125) (55)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 1,589 (539)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year 1,952 1,538
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year $ 3,541 $ 999
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(Millions of dollars except per share data)
We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) with certain non-GAAP financial measures, some of which we refer to as "ongoing" measures, including earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), EBIT margin, ongoing EBIT, ongoing EBIT margin, ongoing earnings per diluted share, organic net sales, adjusted effective tax rate, sales excluding currency and free cash flow. Ongoing measures exclude items that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, results from our ongoing operations and provide a better baseline for analyzing trends in our underlying businesses. Sales excluding foreign currency is calculated by translating the current period net sales, in functional currency, to U.S. dollars using the prior-year period's exchange rate compared to the prior-year period net sales. Management believes that sales excluding foreign currency provides stockholders with a clearer basis to assess our results over time, excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations. Management believes that organic net sales provides stockholders with a clearer basis to assess our results over time, excluding the impact of exchange rate fluctuations and the Embraco divestiture. Management believes that adjusted tax rate provides investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's effective tax rate, excluding the pre-tax income and tax effect of certain unique items. Management believes that free cash flow provides investors and stockholders with a relevant measure of liquidity and a useful basis for assessing the company's ability to fund its activities and obligations.The Company provides free cash flow related metrics, such as free cash flow as a percentage of net sales, as long-term management goals, not an element of its annual financial guidance, and as such does not provide a reconciliation of free cash flow to cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for these long-term goal metrics. Whirlpool does not provide a Non-GAAP reconciliation for its other forward-looking long-term value creation and other goals, such as organic net sales, EBIT, and gross debt/EBITDA, as such reconciliation would rely on market factors and certain other conditions and assumptions that are outside of the company's control. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to assist investors and stockholders in understanding our financial results and assessing our prospects for future performance, and reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of our business. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies' non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. These ongoing financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for reported net earnings available to Whirlpool per diluted share, net earnings, net earnings available to Whirlpool, net earnings margin, net sales, effective tax rate and cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. We also disclose segment EBIT and ongoing segment EBIT as important financial metrics used by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker to evaluate performance and allocate resources in accordance with ASC 280 - Segment Reporting. GAAP net earnings available to Whirlpool per diluted share and ongoing earnings per diluted share are presented net of tax, while individual adjustments in each reconciliation are presented on a pre-tax basis; the income tax impact line item aggregates the tax impact for these adjustments. The tax impact of individual line item adjustments may not foot precisely to the aggregate income tax impact amount, as each line item adjustment may include non-taxable components. Historical quarterly earnings per share amounts are presented based on a normalized tax rate adjustment to reconcile quarterly tax rates to full-year tax rate expectations. We strongly encourage investors and stockholders to review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
Third-Quarter 2020 Ongoing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes and Ongoing Earnings per Diluted Share
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures ongoing earnings before interest and taxes and ongoing earnings per diluted share, with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, net earnings available to Whirlpool and net earnings per diluted share available to Whirlpool, for the three months ended September 30, 2020. Net earnings margin is calculated by dividing net earnings available to Whirlpool by net sales. Ongoing EBIT margin is calculated by dividing ongoing EBIT by net sales. EBIT margin is calculated by dividing EBIT by net sales. The earnings per diluted share GAAP measure and ongoing measure are presented net of tax, while each adjustment is presented on a pre-tax basis. Our third-quarter GAAP tax rate was 26.4%. The aggregate income tax impact of the taxable components of each adjustment is presented in the income tax impact line item at our third-quarter adjusted tax rate (non-GAAP) of 25.0%.
Earnings Before Interest & Taxes Reconciliation:
Net earnings (loss) available to Whirlpool $ 397
Net earnings (loss) available to noncontrolling interests 1
Income tax expense (benefit) 143
Interest expense 51
Earnings before interest & taxes $ 592
Net sales $ 5,291
Net earnings margin 7.5 %
Results classification Earnings before interest & taxes Earnings per diluted share
Reported measure $ 592 $ 6.27
Restructuring costs(a)
Restructuring costs 63 1.00
Corrective action recovery(f)
Cost of products sold (13) (0.20)
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses(d)
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses (7) (0.10)
Income tax impact — (0.17)
Normalized tax rate adjustment(b)
Ongoing measure $ 635 $ 6.91
Ongoing EBIT margin 12.0 %
Note: Numbers may not reconcile due to rounding
Earnings (loss) before interest & taxes $ 722
Divestiture related transition costs(c)
Selling, general and administrative (14) (0.22)
Interest and sundry (income) expense (3) (0.05)
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses (516) (8.03)
Product warranty and liability expense(e)
Cost of products sold 119 1.85
Income tax impact — 0.97
Ongoing EBIT margin 7.2 %
Ongoing Segment Earnings Before Interest and Taxes
The reconciliation provided below reconciles ongoing segment EBIT with segment EBIT, for the three months ended September 30, 2020. Ongoing segment EBIT margin is calculated by dividing ongoing segment EBIT by segment net sales. Segment EBIT margin is calculated by dividing segment EBIT by segment net sales.
Segment earnings (loss) before interest and taxes
Ongoing segment earnings (loss) before interest and taxes
North America $ 567 $ — $ — $ — $ 567
EMEA 43 — — — 43
Latin America 77 — — — 77
Asia 6 — — — 6
Other/Eliminations (101) 63 (7) (13) (57)
Total Whirlpool Corporation $ 592 $ 63 $ (7) $ (13) $ 635
North America $ 387 $ — $ — $ — $ — $ 387
EMEA (18) — — — 14 (4)
Latin America 29 — — — — 29
Asia 9 — — — — 9
Other/Eliminations 315 56 (17) (516) 105 (57)
Total Whirlpool Corporation $ 722 $ 56 $ (17) $ (516) $ 119 $ 364
Full-Year 2020 Outlook for Ongoing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes and Ongoing Earnings per Diluted Share
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures ongoing earnings before interest and taxes and ongoing earnings per diluted share, with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, net earnings (loss) available to Whirlpool and net earnings (loss) per diluted share available to Whirlpool, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020. Net earnings margin is calculated by dividing net earnings available to Whirlpool by net sales. Ongoing EBIT margin is calculated by dividing ongoing EBIT by net sales. EBIT margin is calculated by dividing EBIT by net sales. The earnings per diluted share GAAP measure and ongoing measure are presented net of tax, while each adjustment is presented on a pre-tax basis. The aggregate income tax impact of the taxable components of each adjustment is presented in the income tax impact line item at our anticipated full-year tax rate between 23% and 25%.
Twelve Months Ending
Results classification
Earnings before interest & taxes*
Earnings (loss) per diluted share
Reported measure $ 1,438 $14.90 - $15.40
Restructuring costs 300 4.74
Expected gain on assets(h)
Cost of products sold (114) (1.80)
Expected impact from benefits transaction(g)
All other income and expense (benefit) 50 0.79
Ongoing measure $ 1,655 $17.50 - $18.00
*Earnings Before Interest & Taxes (EBIT) is a non-GAAP measure. The Company does not provide a forward-looking
quantitative reconciliation of EBIT to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net earnings available to Whirlpool,
because the net earnings available to noncontrolling interests item of such reconciliation -- which has historically represented a
relatively insignificant amount of the Company's overall net earnings -- implicates the Company's projections regarding the
earnings of the Company's non wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures that cannot be quantified precisely or without
unreasonable efforts.
Full-Year 2019 Ongoing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes and Ongoing Earnings per Diluted Share
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures ongoing earnings before interest and taxes and ongoing earnings per diluted share, with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, net earnings available to Whirlpool and net earnings per diluted share available to Whirlpool, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019. Ongoing EBIT margin is calculated by dividing ongoing EBIT by net sales. EBIT margin is calculated by dividing EBIT by net sales. The earnings per diluted share GAAP measure and ongoing measure are presented net of tax, while each adjustment is presented on a pre-tax basis. Our full-year GAAP tax rate of approximately 22.8% includes the impact of the gain on sale of Embraco. The aggregate income tax impact of the taxable components of each adjustment is presented in the income tax impact line item at our full-year adjusted tax rate of approximately 15.3%.
Twelve Months Ended
Earnings Before Interest & Taxes Reconciliation: December 31, 2019
Net earnings (loss) available to Whirlpool $ 1,184
Net earnings (loss) available to noncontrolling interests 14
Interest expense 187
Earnings before interest & taxes $ 1,739
Net sales $ 20,419
Results classification Earnings before interest & taxes Earnings (loss) per diluted share
Reported measure $ 1,739 $ 18.45
Brazil indirect tax credit(i)
Interest and sundry (income) expense (180) (2.80)
Interest and sundry (income) expense 5 0.08
Sale leaseback, real estate and receivable adjustments(j)
Trade customer insolvency claim
settlement(k)
Interest and sundry (income) expense 59 0.92
Ongoing measure $ 1,414 $ 16.00
Organic Net Sales
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measure forecasted organic net sales decline with forecasted GAAP net sales decline, for the twelve months ending December 31, 2020 for the Company.
GAAP net sales (% decline) 5% - 7%
Less: Embraco net sales ~(3)%
Less: currency ~(3)%
Organic net sales (% decline) 0% - 1%
Note: Currency reflects the Company's current full-year forecast
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measure organic net sales with reported net sales, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 for the Company.
Net sales $ 5,291 $ 5,091 3.9 %
Less: Embraco net sales — —
Add-Back: currency 157 —
Organic net sales $ 5,448 $ 5,091 7.0 %
The reconciliation provided below reconciles the non-GAAP financial measure organic net sales with reported net sales, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 for Whirlpool Latin America.
Net sales $ 719 $ 632 13.7 %
Organic net sales $ 885 $ 632 40.0 %
a.RESTRUCTURING COSTS - In 2019, these costs are primarily related to actions that right-size our EMEA business and certain other unique restructuring events, including restructuring of the Naples, Italy manufacturing plant. In 2020, these costs are primarily related to actions that right-size and reduce the fixed cost structure of our global business, attributable primarily to the current macroeconomic uncertainties caused by COVID-19. This includes costs of approximately $100 million related to restructuring in the United States, approximately $86 million related to restructuring outside of the United States and approximately $83 million related to the exit of our Naples facility.
b.NORMALIZED TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT - During the third quarter of 2019, the Company calculated ongoing earnings per share using an adjusted tax rate of 17.5%, to reconcile to our anticipated full-year 2019 effective tax rate between 15% and 20%, which excludes the gain on sales of the Embraco compressor business, the Brazil indirect tax credit, and the sale and disposal of businesses. During the third quarter of 2020, the Company calculated ongoing earnings per share using an adjusted tax rate of 25%, to reconcile to our anticipated full-year effective tax rate between 23% and 25%.
c.DIVESTITURE RELATED TRANSITION COSTS - During the first and second quarter of 2019, the Company recognized additional transition costs of $6 million and $11 million, respectively. In the third quarter of 2019, the Company reclassified approximately $17 million of first half 2019 divestiture related transition costs into "(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses" to fully reflect the net impact from the gain on the sale of the Embraco compressor business.
d.(GAIN) LOSS ON SALE AND DISPOSAL OF BUSINESSES - During the second quarter of 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its South Africa operations. As a result, the Company recorded a charge of $35 million for the write-down of the assets of the disposal group to fair value and $33 million of cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments included in the carrying amount of the disposal group to calculate the impairment. The Company also incurred charges of approximately $11 million, primarily inventory liquidation costs, related to the exit of our domestic sales operations in Turkey. Total charges recorded in the second quarter of 2019 were approximately $79 million.
On July 1, 2019 the Company closed the sale of the Embraco compressor business. As a result, the Company recorded a gain, before taxes, of approximately $511 million. Included in this amount are closing costs related to the sale and previously disclosed divestiture related transition costs. To report the full gain amount as net of these costs, the Company reclassified previously disclosed divestiture related transition costs from their original accounts into the account for the gain. Approximately $14 million of previously disclosed charges were reclassified out of "Selling, general and administrative" into "(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses." Approximately $3 million of previously disclosed charges were reclassified out of "Interest and sundry (income) expense" into "(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses." During the third quarter of 2019, the Company incurred approximately $17 million of additional divestiture related transition costs, resulting in a year-to-date total of approximately $34 million, which are fully reflected in the gain, before taxes, of approximately $511 million.
During the third quarter of 2019, the Company reserved approximately $7 million for an expected change in purchase price for the sale of the Embraco compressor business. Adjustments to the final purchase price were finalized as of the third quarter 2020, with no resulting change to the final purchase price, and the reserve was released and recognized as a gain during the quarter.
e.PRODUCT WARRANTY AND LIABILITY EXPENSE - In September 2015, the Company recorded a liability related to a corrective action affecting certain legacy Indesit products. During the second and third quarters of 2019, the Company incurred additional product warranty expense related to our previously disclosed legacy Indesit dryer corrective action campaign in the UK for approximately $12 million and $14 million, respectively. In the third quarter of 2019, the Company recorded a charge of approximately $105 million for estimated product warranty expense related to certain EMEA-produced washers for which the Company is conducting an ongoing corrective action.
f.CORRECTIVE ACTION RECOVERY - In Q3 2020, the Company recorded a benefit of $13 million related to a vendor recovery in our ongoing EMEA-produced washer corrective action. The Company anticipates recording additional immaterial vendor recovery benefits in one or more future quarters.
g.EXPECTED IMPACT FROM BENEFITS TRANSACTION - In the fourth quarter, we anticipate recording charges in accordance with planned transactions related to employee benefits.
h.EXPECTED GAIN ON ASSETS - Real estate portfolio optimization in the fourth quarter of 2020.
i.BRAZIL INDIRECT TAX CREDIT - During the first half of 2019, the Company received favorable, non-appealable decisions related to the recovery of certain taxes previously paid over gross sales. As a result, the Company recorded a gain in interest and sundry (income) expense during the first and second quarter of 2019 in the amount of $127 million and $53 million, respectively, in connection with these decisions.
j.SALE LEASEBACK, REAL ESTATE AND RECEIVABLE ADJUSTMENTS - In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company sold certain owned properties, primarily warehouses, while agreeing to lease these same properties from the purchaser. As part of the sale, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain on sale of the group of properties of approximately $111 million and a cash benefit of approximately $140 million. In addition, the Company wrote-off the full loan receivable amount outstanding of approximately $18 million related to a previous loan between the Company and a non-profit entity in connection with a community and economic development project. The Company also wrote-down the book value of certain real estate properties, recognizing a loss of approximately $7 million.
k.TRADE CUSTOMER INSOLVENCY CLAIM SETTLEMENT - In 2017, Alno AG and certain affiliated companies filed for insolvency protection in Germany. Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH companies, a subsidiary of the Company, was a long-standing supplier to Alno and certain of its affiliated companies. The Company was also a former indirect minority shareholder of Alno. In August 2018, the insolvency trustee asserted €174.5 million in clawback and related claims against Bauknecht. In January 2020, we entered into an agreement with the insolvency trustee to settle all potential claims that the insolvency trustee may have related to this matter, resulting in a one-time charge of €52.75 million ($59 million as of December 31, 2019).
As defined by the Company, free cash flow is cash provided by (used in) operating activities after capital expenditures, proceeds from the sale of assets and businesses and changes in restricted cash. The reconciliation provided below reconciles nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and projected 2020 full-year free cash flow with cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Free cash flow as a percentage of net sales is calculated by dividing free cash flow by net sales.
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities $407 $(566) ~$1,240
Capital expenditures, proceeds from sale of assets/businesses and change in restricted cash* (237) (239) (340)
Free cash flow $170 $(805) ~$900
*In 2018 and 2019, restricted cash was used to fund capital expenditures and technical resources to enhance Whirlpool China's research and development and working capital, as required by the terms of the Whirlpool China (formerly Hefei Sanyo) acquisition. In 2020, restricted cash represents contributions held as part of the Company's Charitable Foundation which is consolidated as of September 30, 2020.
**Financial guidance on a GAAP basis for cash provided by (used in) financing activities and cash provided by (used in) investing activities has not been provided because in order to prepare any such estimate or projection, the Company would need to rely on market factors and certain other conditions and assumptions that are outside of its control.
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Submitted to the SEC: Wed Oct 21 2020 4:07:28 PM EST
Accepted by the SEC: Wed Oct 21 2020
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Industry: Household Appliances
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First Published December 31, 2014.
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1. Falls in older people: Risk factors and Strategies for Prevention. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 2007.
1. National health and Medical Research Council, APP1077034, Chief Investigator A, 2014-2019. 2. National health and Medical Research Council, APP1063751, Chief Investigator A, 2014-2016. 3. National Health and Medical Research Council, APP1072790, Chief Investigator B, 2014-2018. 4. National Health and Medical Research Council, APP1060191, Chief Investigator C, 2014-2016. 5. National Health and Medical Research Council, APP1016876, Chief Investigator A, 2011-2015. 6. National Health and Medical Research Council, ID568975, Chief Investigator D, 2010-2014. 7. National Health and Medical Research Council, ID632929, Felllowship holder, 2010-2014. 8. National Health and Medical Research Council, ID570886, Chief Investigator A, 2009-2012. 9. Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Chief Investigator B, 2013-2014. 10. NSW Health Aboriginal Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Demonstration Grants program, Chief Investigator B, 2013-2015.
1. Lord SR, Cameron ID, Close JC, Sherrington C, Smith S, Sturnieks D, Delbaere K, Tiedemann A. Implementing Falls Prevention Research into Policy and Practice. NHMRC Partnership Grant (568975) 2010-2014. NHMRC $1,500,000; NSW Health $550,537; NeuRA $199,536. 2. Sherrington C, Clemson L, Lord SR. Widespread implementation of interventions to prevent falls in older people. NHMRC Partnership Grant (1016876) 2012-2016. NHMRC $1,490,000. 3. Wulf V et al [EU Partners], Delbaere K, Lord SR, Smith S [Australian Partners]. iStoppFalls (Information Communication Technology System to Predict and Prevent Falls) Ageing and Well-being European Union Framework 7 grant 2012-2014. ?3,296,664. 4. Delbaere K, Lord SR, Smith S. Development and evaluation of innovative home-based technologies for continuous monitoring and prevention of falls in community- dwelling older adults. S. NHMRC European Union Initiative Grant (1038210) 2012-2014, $559,399. 5. Lord SR, Menant J, Migliaccio AA, Titov N, Close JCT, Delbaere K. A randomised controlled trial of dizziness interventions based on a multidisciplinary assessment in older people: towards the development of a multiple profile assessment of dizziness ? the MPA-D. NHMRC Project Grant (1026726) 2012-2015, $589,772. 6. 7. Redmond S, Lord SR. Signal processing algorithms for interpreting multi-dimensional ambulatory data during normal activities: correlates of current measures of fall risk. ARC Discovery Grant 2013-2015, $330,000 8. Lovell NH, Redmond SJ, Lord SR, Montgomery P, Nystrom L. Engineering the convergence of telecare and telehealth. ARC Linkage Grant LP130100159, 2013 -2016. $356,000. 9. Gandevia S, Lord S, Herbert R, Taylor J. Motor impairment: basic and applied human neurophysiology. NHMRC Program Grant APP1055084 2014-2018, $6,830,980. 10. Lord SR, Delbaere K, Sturnieks D. NSW Health Falls Prevention Network. NSW Health 2014-2016, $368,086. 11. Delbaere K, Sturnieks D, Lord SR. Active and Healthy Website. NSW Health 2014-2015, $104,519.
Lord SR, Hoang P, Gandevia S. Identification of risk of falls in Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Grant 2012-2014, $110,000.
Fallscreen (which contains the PPA tests) is commercially available through NeuRA. Users pay license to use the FallScreen software.
Royalties from Wiley for my book Robust methods in biostatistics (2009).
Well, I am not sure. I worked until July 2013 for the George Institute for Global Health. Non-for-profit organisation that is partly funded by private money. No money from commercial entities was directly used for this study.
(2) I am currently doing a consulting job worth a maximum of $5000 for Lundbeck. Similar study with the number of falls as the primary endpoint.
NHRMC project grant #1066966 in stroke patients, 3 years (2014-2017), statistician, A$1,709,566. Not linked to this study.
(1) De Jong, P and Heller GZ , Generalized Linear Models for Insurance Data. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia postgraduate research scholarship, 2010-2013.
Parkinson's NSW research grant, 2011-2012.
Advisory Boards for Abbott, Allergan, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Hospira, Ipsen, Lundbeck, Novartis, Solvay and UCB.


BTW, organization is misspelled in your Just Me segment on the right side bar.
This sounds really good. I like how it has ingredients that you can find in your grocery store. Thanks for sharing.
yum!!!! I love Cheesecake Factory!
I love wraps! These look great, thanks!


Are you planning to fly for the first time? We know this new experience can feel a little overwhelming and exciting at the same time. If you're like me, you'll want to be as prepared as you can be to help ease those "first-time" jitters. We've got 7 tips to help you as you embark on this new adventure!
The name on your ticket should match the name on your driver's license or passport. This is very important! If you shorten your name from Joshua to Josh, you will want to use your full legal name as it appears on your driver's license and passport.
I've seen people have to move out of the line because their ticket information did not match what was on their passport, drivers license, or ID. It's worth double checking that this information is listed correctly.
If you're checking in a bag, be sure to weigh it prior to arriving at the airport. It's never fun being the person that is trying to take stuff out of your luggage to get it under the maximum weight limit. Check your airline's weight restrictions for specifics on what is allowed. Did you know you can purchase a suitcase weight from Amazon? I bought one and I love it because I'm always able to check the weight of our suitcase before returning home even with all of our souvenirs!
Did you know that when flying on an international flight that you'll be asked to fill out a customs form during the flight so that you will have it ready when you go through customs at your destination? Some information you'll need is the address of where you'll be staying, your arrival flight number and your departure flight number. It's much easier to come prepared with this information the try to locate it when your mid-flight with no Wi-Fi access.
Some flights have Wi-Fi on board that can be purchased. However, sometimes you can use the Wi-Fi free of charge to browse the airline's apps. You'll want to have these already downloaded onto your devices ahead of time. For instance, if you're flying American Airlines you'll want to download their app ahead of time so you enjoy watching their collection of movies and TV shows during your flight.
You can store your boarding passes in your Apple Wallet which is pretty handy. Once you check into your flight you can put them into your wallet. I recommend having a paper copy too as a backup in case you getting the dreaded "low battery" notification.
If your flight is taking off at 8 am it would be wise to arrive at least two hours prior to your flight and for international flights it's recommended that you arrive 3 hours early. If you're traveling during a holiday or with a large group you're going to want to follow these suggestions. You never know what issues might arise so it's better to be than sorry and allow extra time for the unexpected.
You can check into your flight 24 hrs prior to its departure time. If you're flying on an airline like Southwest (with open seating) you're going to want to set an alarm and check in on the 24 hr mark to get an earlier boarding group.


This past week saw the first two deaths on the Dragon for 2018.
On Friday afternoon October 5th a 44 year-old Georgia man south bound went off the road at mile marker 5.5 and was pronounced dead at the scene. News media indicates that the death was a "medical emergency" and was not caused by the accident itself.
On Monday afternoon October 8th a 70 year old Tennessee man north bound crossed the center line at mile marker 7 and hit two oncoming cars. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Please use extreme caution when driving or riding on the Tail. We hate posting such news.


Global Cancer Statistics 2018 released on Wednesday by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says 9.6 million people will die of cancer in 2018.
The global cancer statistics by IARC which is part of the World Health Organisation (WHO), said the number of people around the world, who have cancer is growing rapidly, with 18.1 million new cases.
The top three cancers in terms of incidence are lung, breast, and colorectal cancers and are ranked within the top five in terms of mortality, the report warned.
This implies that, one in five men and one in six women worldwide develop cancer during their lifetime, and one in eight men and one in 11 women die from the disease.


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Speed demons and mini UFOs: The routers of CES 2016
These are the routers, modems and extenders that will increase your home network's speed in 2016.
Dong Ngo
Jan. 6, 2016 3:13 p.m. PT
D-Link DIR-879 AC1900 Wi-Fi router
The DIR-879 is the first in D-Link's new EXO line of Wi-Fi routers that strike a balance between performance and cost. This is an AC1900 router, giving 1,300Mbps on the 5GHz band and 600Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. The router features Gigabit Ethernet for fast wired connections, a high-power amplifier for better Wi-Fi range, SmartConnect (blending two Wi-Fi bands into a single network) and Intelligent QoS traffic optimization for Internet applications. It will be available soon after CES and will cost $150 (around £100 or AU$215).
D-Link Unified Home Wi-Fi Network Kit
The D-Link Unified Home Wi-Fi Network Kit is an interesting concept that consists of a Wi-Fi router and a range extender -- specifically the AC4200 Tri-Band MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Router (model DIR-891L) and the AC1300 Gigabit Wi-Fi Extender (DAP-1655). The kit will be available in the second quarter of 2016 with an estimated price of $400 (around £275 or AU$570).
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Linksys EA9500 Tri-band MU-MIMO router
The EA9500 is Linksys' first AC5300 router. It's also the first from the company that comes with eight Gigabit LAN ports. It will be available in April 2016 and will cost $400 (around £275 or AU$570).
Linksys CM3008 Cable Modem
The Linksys CM3008 DOCSIS 3.0 8X4 Cable Modem is a compact modem with download speeds of up to 343 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 120 Mbps. It will be compatible with all cable Internet providers in the US. The modem will be available this spring and will cost $70 (around £50 or AU$100).
Linksys Cable Modem Router CG7500
The Linksys AC1900 Cable Modem Router includes a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem and a Wireless AC1900 Router all-in-one. This gateway unit can connect to the Internet at more than 100Mbps speed and, for the local network, delivers up to 1,300Mbps on the 5GHz band and up to 600Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. It will be available this summer 2016 for $250 (around £170 or AU$355).
Linksys MU-MIMO Range Extender RE7000
The RE7000 is the first range extender with next-generation AC Wave 2 technology -- MU-MIMO. It works with any Wi-Fi router but when paired with a MU-MIMO router, it can provide even greater performance with a top speed of 1,733Mbps on the 5GHz band and up to 300Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. It will be available this spring for $150 (around £100 or AU$215).
Netgear PowerLine WiFi 1000 Adapter Kit (PLW1000)
Netgear's PowerLine WiFi 1000 Adapter Kit (PLW1000) is a combination of a power line kit and an access point. It allows you to extend your wired and wireless network to the far corner of a home by turning the electrical wiring of the house into network cable. After that, the far-end adapter of the kit will broadcast a new Wi-Fi network. The kit supports the power line speed of up to 500Mbps and features the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. It's available now for $120 (around £80 or AU$170).
Netgear Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router (R7800)
The Netgear R7800 is the new quad-stream router from Netgear, the upgrade to the R7500. It has a top speed of 1,733Mbps on the 5GHz band and 800Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. It also supports MU-MIMO and has a powerful dual-core 1.7GHz processor. It's available now for $270 (around £185 or AU$385).
TP-Link SR20 Smart Home Router
The SR20 Smart Home Router is the first AC1900 router from TP-Link that can also work as a hub for home automation by supporting ZigBee and Z-Wave wireless standards. This means the router can connect not only networking devices, but also Internet of Things (LoT)-ready appliances. The SR20 also features a large touchscreen and includes a mobile app. It'll be out in the second quarter of the year.
Discuss: Speed demons and mini UFOs: The routers of CES 2016


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Kessinger gets probation for allowing body to be buried on his property
Shelly Schultz
ZANESVILLE - A Roseville man who offered up his property as a burial site after Kylee Lindell was murdered was sentenced this week.
Charles L. Kessinger, 58, was placed on community control for five years and ordered to serve six months in jail with credit for 73 days already served.
Ryan Adams shot and killed 44-year-old Kylee Lindell in the early morning hours of March 31. Later that day, Adams and a few of his associates took Lindell's body to a location on Goosecreek Road, the home of Kessinger.
After Adams gave Kessinger narcotics for letting him bury Lindell's body on his property, Kessinger pointed out a spring area about half-way up the hill behind his trailer. He then provided shovels from his shed and his brother's pickup truck.
After a hole was dug, Kessinger provided the men with a dolly from his shed. The conspirators attempted to move Lindell's body up the hill utilizing the dolly but were unsuccessful.
Ultimately, they had to physically carry her body up the hill, where she was buried in a 4-feet grave.
In September, Kessinger pleaded guilty to one count of abuse of corpse, a fifth-degree felony.
Other sentencings
James M. Barnard, Jr., 43, Zanesville, was sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine and aggravated possession of methamphetamine, felonies of the second-degree, tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia
Chrystal D. Shafer, 23, Zanesville, was sentenced to six months in prison for one count of domestic violence and disrupting public service, felonies of the fourth-degree
Devin S. Harris, 29, Zanesville, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for one count of domestic violence with prior offense, a fourth-degree felony
Dustin J. St. Clair, 38, Zanesville, was placed on community control for two years for one count of theft of a firearm, a third-degree felony, one count of theft over $1,000, a felony of the fifth-degree
Timothy J.E. Shahan, 27, Zanesville, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for one count of domestic violence with two or more priors, a third-degree felony
Roger E. McNutt, 49, Zanesville, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for one count of misdemeanor domestic violence, and disrupting public service, a fourth-degree felony
Brian K. Simmons, 29, Noble Correctional Institution, was sentenced to 11 months in prison for possession of diazepam, a fifth-degree felony
Timothy L. Barnett, 47, Zanesville, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for one count of domestic violence with two or more priors, a third-degree felony, and one count of misdemeanor assault
Cory A. Norris, 40, Zanesville, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony
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Research on disaster risk reduction (DDR) initiatives for preschool-aged children is lacking and the potential contribution of young children (e.g. under 6 years old) to reducing the risks and impacts of natural disasters has been largely overlooked in DRR programming. Using a quasi-experimental evaluation design, this study examines the short-term effects of a preschool-based DRR program in rural Indonesia on children's early learning and the quality of preschool settings. The randomly selected sample comprised of 102 children who had attended preschools with the DRR program (intervention group) and 101 children who had attended neighboring preschools without DRR programming (comparison group). Overall, the results provide preliminary support for the integration of DRR into the early childhood education sector. The DRR intervention improved the quality of the preschool environment and young children's DRR-related knowledge. Results on children's early learning outcomes (e.g. reading, writing, mathematics) were mixed. Recommendations for further research are outlined and considerations for future programming in this emerging area.
Proulx, K. & Aboud, F. (2019). Disaster risk reduction in early childhood education: Effects on preschool quality and child outcomes. International Journal of Educational Development, 66 (1), 1-7. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved April 18, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/207595/.
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Aboud, F., Proulx, K., & Apriatni, M. (2015). Evaluation of Preschool Quality, School Readiness and Primary Student Achievement.
Aboud, F.E., Proulx, K., & Asrilla, Z. (2016). An impact evaluation of plan Indonesia's early childhood program. Can. J. Publ. Health, 107(4–5), pp. 366-372.
Amri, A., Haynes, K., Bird, D.K., & Ronan, K. (2018). Bridging the divide between studies on disaster risk reduction education and child-centred disaster risk reduction: a critical review. Children's Geogr., 16(3), pp. 239-251.
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Codreanu, T.A., Celenza, A., & Jacobs, I. (2014). Does disaster education of teenagers translate into better survival knowledge, knowledge of skills, and adaptive behavioral change? A systematic literature review. Prehosp. Disaster Med., 29(6), pp. 629-642.
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Leis' Last Days
For nearly an hour, members of the Fairfax County School Board, the schools superintendent and schools staff said their good-byes to deputy superintendent Alan Leis Thursday, April 10.
"I'm so excited about this being my last board meeting, but I'm also sad about leaving," Leis said of all the fuss.
With his family, wife, Kathy, a school-system French teacher, and daughters, Elizabeth and Julia, beside him, Leis was presented with a glass table containing a plaque, listened as a lengthy proclamation recognizing his more than 30-years of service in the school system was read and was surprised to learn the Walnut Hill Center in Falls Church will be renamed the Alan Leis Instructional Center.
Leis becomes the new superintendent of Naperville Community Unit School District 203 in Illinois July 1; however, April 15 marked his last day on the job in Fairfax County. He began his career in Fairfax County as a classroom teacher at Herndon Elementary and has served as executive assistant to the deputy superintendent for school operations, as well as assistant superintendent for the Department of Human Resources.
Leis' contributions to the school system include planning and implementing a new merit pay-based evaluation system for teachers and principals, initiating an overhaul of the school system's hiring practices, designing and implementing the nation's first entirely new teacher hiring process using technology and implementing a managed health-care system for employees that saves the school system more than $1 million annually. He has been responsible for overseeing special projects such as the adult education program, a community task force on fund-raising and advertising in the schools and coordination of Project Excel.
With his impending departure, the board has created two new positions to take on the responsibilities Leis had as deputy superintendent. Thomas Brady, formerly the assistant superintendent of the Department of Facilities, was named chief operating officer, and Nancy Sprague, formerly assistant superintendent for Instructional Services, is the new chief academic officer.
The split will allow Sprague to focus on managing and ensuring the accountability of the educational programs, including curriculum and instruction for general, special and adult education and all student-related services. Brady, on the other hand, will concentrate on administrative matters.
Sprague Named as New 'Chief Academic Officer'
Leis Named Superintendent in Illinois
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November-December 2018 | Health
A New Leaf
Medical marijuana dispensaries are sprouting up all over the Bethesda area. Who's using them—and will full legalization be next?
By April Witt | November 19, 2018 | 9:00 am November 19, 2018
Daniel Goldberg plays one of his favorite guitars in the back garden of his parents' Ashton home. Photo by April Witt.
It was late, well after midnight. Daniel Goldberg, a 28-year-old sous-chef at a District restaurant, was exhausted after working a long shift. But he was almost home. Eight-tenths of a mile from his parents' cozy redbrick house east of Olney, Daniel glimpsed a flash of something—maybe headlights—through the windshield of his old sedan. He startled. After that, he remembers nothing but the sudden, terrifying realization that he'd lost control of the Oldsmobile and was careening off New Hampshire Avenue. A police report dated June 23, 2012, fills in some of the gaps: Goldberg's car struck a utility pole, spun across the lawn of a United Methodist church and hit a tree. He was ejected through the rear window.
Just down the road, his parents, Andy and Sharon Goldberg, were awakened by the sound of sirens.
The next thing Daniel Goldberg remembers is waking up in the intensive care unit at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. His parents were at his bedside. The first words they remember him saying were, "I've got to get to work." They cried. Goldberg had been in a medically induced coma for a month. He'd been so seriously injured in the accident and had lost so much blood that he had died twice, once on the operating table, when he stopped breathing, his heart stopped beating and his blood pressure tanked. One of those times, his parents recall, it took doctors 10 minutes to bring him back—Lazarus-like. His pelvis was crushed. His right leg and left arm were mangled. He was held together with metal plates and rods. He would never again be sturdy enough to work as a restaurant chef. It was unclear if he'd be able to walk.
Goldberg, now 34, walks with two canes to steady himself. On a recent afternoon in his parents' sunny living room he wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the word Affliction. He lifted the shirt to reveal scars that run along his spine and down his buttocks. The scars are as epic as his story. In just six years, he's lived some of the significant medical trends of the age: the ability of expert trauma surgeons to save critically injured patients, the rise of prescription opioids that dull pain but can ruin lives, and the dawning of legalized medical marijuana.
At RISE Silver Spring, the flower buds of different strains of marijuana plants are stored in kitchen canisters to help keep them fresh. Photo by April Witt.
Goldberg is one of more than 38,000 people in Maryland—at least 8,000 of them in Montgomery County—who are certified by the state to buy medical cannabis legally. As of late August, about another 16,000 had applied to purchase medical cannabis through the state-regulated program and were awaiting approval or denial. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission fields between 250 and 300 new applications daily from would-be medical marijuana patients.
Across Montgomery County, more than a dozen state-regulated dispensaries are selling medical cannabis to approved patients. The first, Potomac Holistics, opened on Dec. 1, 2017, on the second floor of a modest office complex near Darnestown Road in Rockville. One of the newest cannabis dispensaries in the county is Health for Life Bethesda, which opened Aug. 27 on Fairmont Avenue. With its wood-lined walls and minimalist design aesthetic, Health for Life looks like an upscale beauty spa. Unlike a spa, it has a high-security vault where its merchandise is locked away at closing time. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has approved the opening in the near future of several more dispensaries in the county.
In the 11 months since the first medical cannabis dispensaries opened in Maryland they have sold more than $46 million worth of medical marijuana statewide, state records show.
The federal government still considers the sale or possession of marijuana illegal. It classifies marijuana, just like heroin and methamphetamine, as a Schedule 1 drug with no medical benefit. Thus, institutions that receive federal funding aren't free to conduct the large, randomized placebo-controlled trials that might prove or disprove the efficacy of marijuana to treat a broad array of ailments.
Doctors are whipsawed between the federal laws and the real-life stakes for patients joining Maryland's new medicinal cannabis program. Members of The Maryland State Medical Society, for example, remain so divided on medicinal cannabis that the organization is unable to adopt a formal position on the issue, CEO Gene M. Ransom III says. Instead, the society provides information on laws and regulations to doctors who choose to register with the state to assess patients who want medical cannabis.
Unless the federal government clears the way for substantive research into the efficacy of medical cannabis, Dr. Carolyn O'Conor, a Rockville family medicine physician, won't be helping her patients obtain it. "I think it's a perversion of medical care," says O'Conor, president of the Montgomery County Medical Society. "I believe in evidence-based medical care, and there is next to no evidence on this."
Dr. Brent Berger, 59, a Bethesda internist, has no quarrel with a medical doctor certifying patients to receive medical cannabis—as long as their ailments fall within the scope of the physician's expertise. Berger was stunned recently when a dentist certified two of the internist's patients to receive medical cannabis for ailments unrelated to dentistry. "I wouldn't want anybody to come to me for a root canal," Berger says. Currently, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission permits doctors, nurse practitioners, dentists and podiatrists who registered with the commission to certify patients to receive medical cannabis. "It is a new system," Berger says. "It's got its kinks that need to be worked out."
For many patients, however, medical marijuana has already become an indispensable lifeline. "This is the first time since the accident that there is a ray of light at the end of the painkiller tunnel," Goldberg says. "It's a big deal for me to talk about this publicly, and maybe help someone else, because it's made such a difference for me."
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"I Need Out!" you say -- but have you tried God's way?
He found a hole in the birdcage and fluttered out into my sunroom.
Now what was I supposed to do?
Quickly, I lowered a window and hoped that the little bird would find his own way out.
Chester had no idea that I was there to help him though, and he took it upon himself to flit from window to window banging his beautiful blue feathers against the glass.
"Oh God, help him to find the way out," I prayed.
I had been expecting a repairman that morning and when he came in, I explained my predicament.
After admiring the bird's beautiful indigo feathers, he told me that I'd better get him out because birds were known to knock themselves out against windows and die.
I braved up then and grabbed my garden gloves.
Chester had just knocked into another window and was taking a breather on the ground when I snuck up behind him, praying the whole way.
Relief splashed over me when Chester let me catch him without a fight and later set him free.
It was a beautiful site to watch Chester take flight and land on a branch that was way higher than any old cat could climb.
You know, when I thought about Chester banging himself around from window to window in our sunroom, I thought about us and how we sometimes treat the ways of escape that God provides for us.
When we're trapped in a difficult situation, often we look to everyone and everything else but God.
"I've got this," we may tell God and ourselves as we bang our heads into walls and doors that we're never meant to open. Or, maybe we don't know who God is yet and are unfamiliar with his kind ways.
Like Chester, we're not willing to seek God's way out or maybe we don't even trust him to provide one.
So, to us – we're blinded to the possibilities of a benevolent Father who always makes a way for his kids.
I remember hitting an all time low in my parenting years ago. My husband and I were faced with a situation that seemed to have no solution and -- no way out.
Very few people understood what we were going through and we found ourselves in a very dark place.
One day, I was driving in traffic on a busy main road when I came up behind a delivery truck. My eyes fell on a sign mounted on its back door that pierced an arrow through my heart.
The sign read: "God will make a way, when there seems to be no way," quoting the song by Don Moen.
It was just what I needed to hear. God would provide a way out. We just hadn't found it yet, or maybe it just wasn't the right timing for that door to open for us.
Either way that sign on the truck was exactly what I needed.
Are you looking for a way out today? Are you caught in a trap that has left you wounded from banging your head against your own walls?
Who is this God who promises a way out? He's waiting for you to seek him for it today.


Department of Biology, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Address correspondence to: Simon J. Atkinson, 755 W. Michigan Street, UL-1140, Indianapolis Indiana 46202, USA. Phone: 317.274.1020; Email: satkinso@iupui.edu.
J Clin Invest. 2018;128(7):2754–2756. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI121741.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decline in kidney function that occurs over a few hours or a few days, is common in people who are already hospitalized, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Multiple factors predispose to development of AKI, and treatment options, other than supportive interventions, are few (1). In addition to being associated with ischemic injury and sepsis, AKI can also result from the toxicity of therapeutic agents, such as aminoglycoside antibiotics or cisplatin chemotherapy. New work from Lau et al. in this issue of the JCI (2) examines the mechanism of contrast-induced AKI (CI-AKI), a form of AKI observed in patients receiving intravascular iodinated contrast media for diagnostic imaging studies. While the risk associated with the use of contrast media is a matter of current debate (3, 4), there is clear evidence for injury resulting from contrast administration in both animal models and humans, especially in patients with risk factors such as underlying chronic kidney disease. The mechanism described by Lau and colleagues is notable for the involvement of multiple cell types, including tubular epithelial cells and both resident and circulating leukocytes, all of which are required for the development of CI-AKI. This is consistent with emerging multifactorial paradigms for the development of AKI from various causes (5) and suggests both opportunities and challenges for the development of rationally designed therapeutic interventions.
A major challenge in studies of AKI has been the applicability of animal models of AKI to what is observed in patients (6). Lau et al. use a mouse model of contrast agent administered to volume-depleted animals, chosen since volume depletion has been well documented as a contributing factor to the development of CI-AKI (7). This is clearly not a perfect model, since it (or any animal model, for that matter) cannot include all the complex and variable comorbidities, such as underlying cardiovascular disease, that are inevitable in patients referred for imaging studies. Nevertheless, there is some reassurance to be drawn from their inclusion of data from a prospective study of a small cohort of patients undergoing coronary angiography that are consistent with the mechanisms shown to be active in the mouse experiments.
A variety of explanations have been invoked to account for the pathophysiology of CI-AKI, with proposed mechanisms involving physiological changes such as medullary ischemia, high levels of reactive oxygen species, and toxicity of contrast media when taken up by tubular epithelial cells (8). Although related factors are also implicated in AKI from other causes, the broad AKI field has also embraced the idea that inflammatory processes induced by inappropriately exuberant activation of immune responses are major contributors, and that both resident and infiltrating leukocytes are involved (5). Lau et al. show that this paradigm extends to CI-AKI and, in so doing, show that immune activation happens in distinct compartments and depends on uptake of contrast both by tubular epithelial cells and by resident and infiltrating phagocytes.
Their first challenge was to identify a plausible molecular mechanism by which contrast might cause immune activation. Inflammasomes are multisubunit complexes that are now recognized to be important players in both infection and the pathological inflammation that characterizes diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and a number of kidney diseases. Inflammasomes induce inflammatory responses or cell death by bringing together activator molecules capable of sensing a variety of danger signals such as pathogens that have invaded a cell, or danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) released from dead or dying cells, together with effector proteases of the caspase family (9). One such inflammasome activator, Nod-like receptor pyrin containing 3 (Nlrp3), responds to a variety of stimuli, including ATP, alterations in intracellular potassium, and particulate matter, and has previously been shown to be an immune activator in kidney diseases (see, for example, ref. 10). Among the downstream effects induced by Nlrp3 inflammasomes is caspase-1–dependent activation of IL-1β via the so-called canonical pathway; noncanonical pathways activate various forms of cell death, including apoptosis. Lau et al. showed that this is also the case in their mouse model: volume-depleted Nlrp3–/– mice were protected against the injury induced by contrast in their Nlrp3+/+ counterparts. But in what cells does Nlrp3 inflammasome activation trigger the initiation of the injury process? Although contrast media have been shown to have direct toxic effects on tubular epithelial cells, and the Nlrp3 inflammasome is able to induce apoptosis via a noncanonical pathway, Nlrp3-dependent apoptosis alone did not account for the cytotoxic effects of contrast media seen in cell culture, and CI-AKI did not result from Nlrp3-dependent mechanisms intrinsic to the epithelial cells alone. However, contrast agent strongly activated the Nlrp3 inflammasome in leukocytes, producing IL-1β activation.
Intravital microscopy is a powerful technique that allows the spatial dynamics of physiological and pathophysiological processes to be followed in a live animal (11). In this study, the distribution of a fluorescently labeled contrast agent was traced by intravital microscopy, showing that the agent was present in peritubular capillaries and was filtered in the glomerulus, appearing in the lumen of the kidney tubules, regardless of volume status. Moreover, resident renal phagocytes, components of the kidney's intrinsic immune surveillance mechanism, were seen to internalize the contrast agent and demonstrated activation of the canonical pathways downstream of the Nlrp3 inflammasome. However, the accumulation of contrast in the tubule lumen and the dynamics of infiltrating leukocytes were markedly different depending on the volume status of the animals (Figure 1). In well-hydrated mice (not susceptible to CI-AKI), the contrast was rapidly cleared from the tubule lumen, whereas in volume-depleted animals (susceptible to CI-AKI), contrast tended to accumulate in patches in the tubule, with evidence of reabsorption. An Nlrp3-dependent influx of leukocytes coincided with the accumulation and reabsorption of contrast, suggesting that this is an essential trigger of immune activation leading to CI-AKI. Indeed, infiltrating leukocytes were seen to crawl over the epithelial cells in the tubular regions where contrast accumulated, and these infiltrating leukocytes also showed internalization of contrast and activation of Nlrp3 inflammasome–dependent canonical pathways. Reabsorption of contrast from the tubule and its delivery to the interstitium is necessary for its uptake by infiltrating leukocytes, and so the tubular epithelial cells, by taking up contrast that has accumulated in the tubule, retain their starring role in the CI-AKI injury mechanism. Lau et al. showed that interfering with the ability of the tubular cells to internalize contrast is a potential point of therapeutic intervention that can block immune activation and the resulting progression to CI-AKI.
Dependence of contrast distribution and immune activation on volume status. In the hydrated state (A), contrast is filtered and passes into the tubule lumen but does not accumulate and is not reabsorbed. Consequently, the inflammasome in infiltrating leukocytes is not stimulated, and there is insufficient immune activation to induce a prolific leukocyte infiltration and strong inflammatory response. In contrast (B), in the volume-depleted state, filtered contrast accumulates in the tubule lumen and is reabsorbed, resulting in stimulation of infiltrating leukocytes in addition to resident macrophages, leading to a massive influx of leukocytes and an excessive inflammatory response that ultimately precipitates AKI. DPEP-1, dipeptidase-1.
There are several noteworthy outcomes of this study. First, there are three essential steps in the onset of CI-AKI: activation of the Nlrp3 inflammasome in the kidney's resident leukocytes, tubular accumulation and reabsorption of contrast, and, finally, recruitment of infiltrating leukocytes and activation of their Nlrp3-dependent canonical signaling. This suggests that there has been some selection against inappropriate activation of these inflammatory mechanisms. Another important outcome is the clear mechanistic explanation for the contribution of volume status to the likelihood of AKI in patients receiving contrast. Volume depletion is necessary for the tubular accumulation and reabsorption, since it allows activation of infiltrating leukocytes, and is therefore necessary for progression to CI-AKI. A caveat is that this apparently finely regulated system may well behave differently in patients with the comorbidities that are common in those who are candidates for imaging studies, particularly when these comorbid conditions involve the development of a sterile inflammatory disease state. This may compromise the effectiveness of treatment interventions such as blocking contrast uptake by tubular epithelial cells using dipeptidase-1 inhibitors, as employed by Lau et al. Finally, this study shows that the underlying mechanisms of CI-AKI revolve around dysregulated inflammatory responses in the kidney and thus are consistent with the prevailing thinking on other forms of AKI, perhaps suggesting that there are prospects for new therapeutic approaches that will be effective in AKI broadly.
Conflict of interest: SJA is a coinventor on patent applications related to the use of hydrodynamic fluid delivery for treatment of kidney injury.
Reference information: J Clin Invest. 2018;128(7):2754–2756. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI121741.
See the related article at Renal immune surveillance and dipeptidase-1 contribute to contrast-induced acute kidney injury.
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Q: I want to insert link into my images which come from database and fetch to their related data using asp.net In my SQL Server I wrote a stored procedure which take BrandName and searches it and returns related records. It work properly.
But in view were I make images and insert link on it and when click on the image it sent its name and other side it used for search in my code only last image tag worked properly, when I click other images then it give error DBNull error...
View
@model IEnumerable<BusinessLayer.Entities.ProductDetail>

    @foreach (var item in Model)
    {

    }

In repository
public IEnumerable<ProductDetail> BrandData(string BrandName)
{
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("searchinthebaseofBrand", DACUtil.getConnection());
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@BrandName", BrandName);

    List<ProductDetail> pd = null;

    using (SqlConnection con = cmd.Connection)
    {
        con.Open();
        SqlDataReader sdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

        if (sdr.HasRows)
        {
            pd = new List<ProductDetail>();

            while (sdr.Read())
            {
                ProductDetail pro = new ProductDetail()
                        {
                            ProductDetail_Id = Convert.ToInt32(sdr["ProductDetail_Id"]),
                             ProductName = Convert.ToString(sdr["ProductName"]),
                            ProductDescription = Convert.ToString(sdr["ProductDescription"]),
                        };
                pd.Add(pro);
            }

            pd.TrimExcess();
        }
    }

    return pd;
}

In controller
public ActionResult Manufacture(string BrandName)
        {
            if (BrandName == null)
            {
                return HttpNotFound();
            }
            return View(context1.BrandData(BrandName));
        }

When I click other images not last one it give me following error:

A: I think that your method is not filling in the BrandImage or the BrandName property so it is defaulting to null
    ProductDetail pro = new ProductDetail()
                            {
                                ProductDetail_Id = Convert.ToInt32(sdr["ProductDetail_Id"]),
                                 ProductName = Convert.ToString(sdr["ProductName"]),
                                ProductDescription = Convert.ToString(sdr["ProductDescription"]),
BrandImage =  = Convert.ToString(sdr["BrandImage"]),
BrandName =  = Convert.ToString(sdr["BrandName"]),
                        };

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