![]() Integrity and authenticity will be key as more companies come on board. They also expressed a number of the current challenges facing the nascent sector. State Street followed suit by preparing to take voting action at companies that are underperforming their peers in ESG.Īt the panel this week, speakers shared their optimism around the rapid growth of impact investing. Blackrock’s CEO, in his annual letter, claimed that “we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance.” Goldman Sachs recently pledged $750 billion for investments in sustainable finance opportunities, addressing issues such the climate crisis and inclusive growth. In the United States alone, millennials are anticipated to invest between $15-20 trillion in ESG assets.Īs the business case for impact investing becomes clearer, traditional asset managers are coming on board. This trend is expected to continue as millennials inherit over $68 trillion from baby boomers by 2030. There were approximately $13.5 trillion ESG (environmental, social, and governance issues) assets under management in 2019, growing exponentially from $1.05 trillion in 2014. Depending on the goals of the investors, investments can target a range of returns from below-market to above-market rates. ![]() It occurs across asset classes, including private equity/venture capital, debt, and fixed income. Impact investing refers to investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return. Across the board, the panelists agreed that impact investing is here to stay. Their focus varied from building the market for off-grid energy to creating municipal bonds to improve local infrastructure and investing in socially impactful businesses. I recently attended a talk on the “Future of Impact Investing.” The panelists spanned the spectrum of impact investing, representing Acumen, AllianceBernstein, and Salesforce’s Impact Fund. Rutgers Stackable Business Innovation Program. ![]()
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![]() These six individuals, eventually calling themselves Heretics, were befriended by Lillian Salvatore in the late 1800s and she turned them into vampires. Over a course of over a decade in the mid-1800's, a number of Siphoners were exiled from the Gemini Coven because of the witches belief that they are abominations. During the final stages of birth, a surge in siphoning may be observed which may put said mother in danger. It was revealed that siphoners begin to siphon magic from inside their mother's uterus, starting with feeding on very small, almost imperceptible amounts of magic at a time that will grow larger and larger as the pregnancy continues. ![]() In This Woman's Work, the birth of twin siphoners, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, was shown for the first time. In the case of twins, there seem to be no indication that they both must be either Siphoners or regular witches, as evidenced by the existence of three sets of twins from the Gemini Coven - the twins Olivia and Lucas Parker were both born as regular witches, whereas their older twin siblings Josetteand Malachai Parker were born a regular witch and a Siphoner, respectively, and the twins Lizzie and Josie Saltzman were both born Siphoners. Their conception and birth appear to be the same as that of ordinary witches, given that many Siphoners do not know of their true nature until adolescence. Very little is known about Siphoners, especially with regards to how or why they came into existence. In 2014, the first Siphoner known to have been born of a Werewolf bloodline, Grace O'Connell Mikaelson, was born from the Original Hybrid, Niklaus Mikaelson, and in 2015, Lonndynne Mikaelson, was born to Dianna Mikaelson ![]() They appear to be rare and few in numbers although they are rather controversial because they have the potential to become witch-vampire hybrids. They are considered abominations by many witch communities despite the fact that Siphoners are born with these abilities and may face harsh treatment by their covens when discovered. Siphoners, or Siphons, are a subsection of witches born without the ability to generate their own magic but do possess a rare power that allows them to siphon magic from other sources and use that magic for their own purposes. Freya Mikaelson discussing the powers of Siphoners The ability to draw one's magic from outside sources is something that I had never seen until they were born. I have been a practicing witch for over 10 centuries, and their powers are something I don't understand, I can't understand. But using Chrome, RoboForm couldn't detect the fields for username and password in each individual module, preventing me from logging in to those sites. In IE and Firefox, RoboForm is able to see and log me in to each module separately. ![]() My customized Google home page includes modules and gadgets for different Web sites and accounts. The integration with Chrome didn't always work smoothly. This feature stores your passwords on RoboForm's cloud-based system where they can sync with your various PCs.īeyond the pros, I did find a few cons with the new version. But now the company offers a new option called RoboForm Everywhere, which lets you install the software on as many PCs as you'd like for one annual subscription. I run RoboForm on several PCs, so in the past I've had to buy a separate license for each one. 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The larger your camera sensor, the more your. DOF is governed by the angle at which light rays enter the lens. Not only do you have built-in capabilities and can work within the effects and models, but you can also insert any. The area in question is known as the field, and the size (in z-space) of that area is the depth of that field. Lens Studio lets anyone create any type of location-based filter from scratch. In late 2017, Snapchat created the Lens Studio. The Tween System is perfect for creating simple animations for static objects. The three major services that Lens Cloud brings include: Depth of field (DOF) is the term used to describe the size of the area in your image where objects appear acceptably sharp. are 3D objects, like cartoon characters that you can add to your video and move around (Ingraham, 2017). How can I make a static 3D Object animate within Lens Studio. With Lens Studio, your creative possibilities are virtually endless. 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![]() He led the post-World War II Mountaineers, which also included the likes of Clyde Green, Fred Schaus, Bobby Carroll and Eddie Beach, to a total record of 72-15 in his four seasons. ![]() What Leland “Lefty” Byrd found in Morgantown was not only an All-American basketball career but also much, much more. On a recruiting trip to visit prep wunderkind Jimmy Walthall in nearby Princeton, WVU was alerted to Byrd’s talents, and a short time later, a scholarship was offered and accepted. Jones, who eventually moved back to Morgantown after his playing days, was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and was an inaugural member of WVU’s Mountaineer Legends Society in 2017.ġ2 – Leland Byrd (1945-48) – A 6-foot-3 guard whose father was a high school coach, Byrd was a talented though somewhat unknown prospect while growing up in tiny Matoka, West Virginia in the ‘40s. A third-round draft pick of the NBA’s Indiana Pacers in 1983, Jones spent five seasons playing in the Continental Basketball League, earning the CBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1984. Jones’ 251 career steals were not topped by another Mountaineer until Jevon Carter came on the scene (J.C. Greg finished his West Virginia career with 1,797 points, which is still the sixth most in school history, and 430 assists (eighth-most). Jerry West is West Virginia’s only other two-time conference player of the year, and WVU hasn’t produced another conference regular-season player of the year in the 40 seasons since Jones’ graduation. ![]() He was a first-team all-conference selection in each of his final three seasons with the Mountaineers, and he was the league’s player of the year in both 1982 and ’83. With Jones averaging 15.1 points per game in 1981-82 and 22.2 in 1982-83, West Virginia would receive NCAA Tournament bids in both. ![]() He averaged 15.5 points, 4.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game as a sophomore in leading the Mountaineers (23-10) to the NIT semifinals in the program’s first postseason appearance in 13 years. With Moore’s graduation following the 1979-80 season (15-14), Jones took over as WVU’s starting point, and he would hold that job for 92 games over the next three years. He spent his freshman season (4.7 points and 1.3 assists per game) as an understudy at the point guard position behind Lowes Moore. After a prep career in which he led Rayen High to a 23-1 record while scoring 24.9 points per game as a senior, WVU won the recruiting battle for Jones. Please feel free to visit our message boards at to provide your own thoughts on this list, either pro or con.īelow is another installment in this lengthy series with a count down from No. It is completely subjective, and obviously opinions may differ. In this 21-part series, I’ll count down the 100 greatest Mountaineer men’s basketball players of all-time.Īdmittedly this list is not scientific. Former Mountaineer basketball All-American Kevin Pittsnogle signs an autograph after his induction ceremony into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame
![]() Most 1996 and newer vehicles under 8,501 pounds are equipped with a state-of-the-art on-board monitoring system known as On-Board Diagnostics (OBD). Last month Check Engine light shows up again. One of the three converters was bad and has been replaced. The vehicle was driven and the catalyst monitor completed within 6 minutes and per the mode06 data passed with flying colors. The Heated Catalyst, Secondary Air System, A/C Refrigerant monitors showing " Not Available " and Evaporative System monitor showing " Incomplete ". The "Italian Tune-Up" The "Italian Tune-Up" is a common fix for a range of automotive problems, including a clogged catalytic converter. I've got a hondata flashpro, which shows my car's emissions readiness (in addition to letting me load custom fuel maps, etc-but i'm only using it for diagnostics at the moment and i'm on stock fuel map). Sounds like the Subaru has an incomplete "Catalyst" monitor. Drive the vehicle at a steady speed of 55 MPH for 10 minutes. Find the part called a spark plug defouler. The upstream O2 sensor in the exhaust manifold reacts to the exhaust gases as they exit the engine. Also note that one incomplete monitor can prevent other monitors from running. The catalytic converter monitor continues to be "not ready" for a smog inspection. OBD-II monitors catalytic converter efficiency, misfire, EGR, fuel trim, oxygen sensors and purge functions. ![]() The front 2 sensors should be switching pretty often, and the rears should switch very little. Toyota has various OBD2 readiness monitors for emissions testing, and by conducting a Toyota Drive cycle, you can activate and ready the Toyota ODBII sensors. OBDII monitors catalytic converter efficiency, misfire, EGR, fuel trim, oxygen sensors and purge functions. Let's see some catalytic converter symptoms. By the way, cruise control is often the best way to complete a catalyst monitor. On an old Celica we had you even had to remove/ reinstall the gas cap. But it makes sense now.This system continually monitors tracks and stores information about the emission control devices and other engine-related components. So then I started wondering where did you get the stock map to flash. So I was left confused because the only way a regular person like us could do that is with an OTS tune using NHD or bm3. My initial thought was that you removed the tune yourself. I know that's probably the most layman's explanation of what happened, so probably doesn't help much. I don't have the technical knowledge or experience to say, so I may be misrepresenting what actually occurred to get the car to pass smog. I didn't get into too much detail with Frank about it. So, I don't know if he removed, reflashed, or overwrote the previous tune. Then I returned to TTFS and got the car back to a 93 octane stage 1 tune. He "flashed" the car with a "stock" or "stock like" tune which allowed me to get through the smog test. Frank told me that it definitely had a tune and that he could "put me back to stock" to get through smog. Some research led me to TTFS in Maryland. After trying to get it smog tested and failing, I received multiple recommendations to take the car to a tuner to see if it had a tune. I bought the car used from a dealer and did not have any information on the previous owner or mods on the car. To be honest, I am not 100% sure how that part works. Also, I have read where ppl said they passed emissions with a stage 1 tune. What kind of tune did it have where you were able to just remove it? I assume you cannot just remove a bm3 tune without a license from them. I had an issue with OBD readiness on another car that was tuned and needed to remove the tune for smog. Any advice or help is appreciated, thanks. No CEL, just Fuel System Monitor incomplete at the emissions shop and on my OBD2 scanner. I can't imagine more than 1000, but I'm not certain. My plan is to continue to drive more miles, but I don't know how many miles it could require for the fuel system monitor to conduct its testing. I've tried to research the issue here and generally online, but haven't found a solution. I don't know if the previous owner had a tune. Definitely no exhaust, DP, intake, HFC or any visible performance mods. All other monitors changed to ready within 250 miles. I've driven about 650 miles since last reset. The fuel system monitor won't go from incomplete to ready, so it cannot be tested. I've been trying to get it smog tested so I can complete registration in Virginia. He was awarded 44 Austro-Hungarian gulden on 1 October 1874 for the discovery of Franz Joseph Land (about equal to the monthly salary of a Sub-lieutenant at the time). In 1874 he resigned from the army because of political maneuvers against him and his brother officers' doubts about his discovery and his sledge journeys. Payer could have proven his statements using testimonies, diaries and sketches, however his efforts were thwarted, including his promotion to captain. During this voyage they made the discovery of Franz Joseph Land, however upon their return to Vienna many critics voiced doubts about its existence and about the experiences of other participants in the expedition. In 1871 he participated in the preliminary Austro-Hungarian expedition to Novaya Zemlya, with Karl Weyprecht.įrom 1872 to 1874, Payer led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition with Karl Weyprecht, who was Commander at sea, while Payer was Commander at shore. Travelling to the coast of East Greenland on the Germania under Captain Carl Koldewey in 1869–1870, they reached as far north as Shannon Island. In 1868 he was invited by the German geographer August Petermann to participate in the 2nd German North Polar Expedition as a topographer. When in 1875, the first Alpine club hut above 3000 m was built on the normal route to the Ortler, it was named de:Payerhütte in his honor. Due to his achievements, Payer was transferred to the Austrian Military Geographic Institute. His tours resulted in creating a detailed topographical map at a scale 1:56,000. Their new approach to the Ortler (3,905 m) became the normal route of ascent ever since. Together, often accompanied by a porter, they ascended almost all significant unclimbed summits, including the Hoher Angelus (3,521 m), Vertainspitze (3,545 m), Palon de la Mare (3,703 m), Monte Zebru (3,735), and Monte Cevedale (3,769 m). All his explorations in the Ortler massif (from 1865 to 1868) were guided by de:Johann Pinggera from Sulden. ![]() In 1864 he was, with his guide Giovanni Caturani, the first to climb Adamello (3,554 m) and missed making the first ascent of the Presanella (3,558 m) by just three weeks. After 1864 he explored the Adamello-Presanella Group and the Ortler Alps, making more than 60 first ascents. In 1862 Payer had started exploratory tours of the Tyrolean Alps and the High Tauern range in his free time. Military Geographic Institute in Vienna, where he worked with August von Fligely. In 1868 the Austro-Hungarian Minister of War Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld appointed him a general staff officer at the k.k. Since 1863 Payer was assigned as a history and geography teacher to the cadet school in Eisenstadt, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867) (present-day Austria) and to the Theresian Military Academy. ![]() On 24 June 1866 he served the Battle of Custoza, seizing two guns, for which he was decorated and elevated to the rank of senior lieutenant. After promotion to the rank of lieutenant first class, he was posted to the garrison of Chioggia, Venetia in 1864. He participated in the disastrous Battle of Solferino on 24 June 1859 and was honoured for his service. Between 18 he studied at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.įrom 1859, Payer served as a sub-lieutenant with the Austrian 36th infantry regiment in Verona, Venetia. ![]() cadet school in Łobzów near Kraków, Galicia (present-day Poland). Born in Schönau, Bohemia, his father Franz Anton Rudolf Payer was a retired officer of the Austrian Uhlans who died when Julius was only fourteen. Lieutenant colonel André Traut, a police spokesman, said: “The suspect is being charged with kidnapping, fraud and contravening sections of the Children’s Act, in that she fraudulently pretended that she was the biological mother of a child. The accused woman’s sister reportedly said of Zephany: “She has been part of our lives for ever. They wept outside the courtroom, the Nurse family barely glancing at them as they walked by in a tight huddle.” The paper said: “Her family were devastated. ![]() Her expression was passive as she heard she would spend the next week behind bars at Woodstock police station. A small figure in a striped top, she clutched her hands nervously in the dock, the Cape Argus newspaper reported. On Friday she appeared at the Cape Town magistrates court charged with kidnapping, fraud and contravening sections of the Children’s Act. The woman accused of snatching Zephany is understood to be 50 years old with no other children. She stole our child, she stole 17 years, she stole everything from us.” She said of the woman who abducted the baby: “I don’t feel anything towards her. She said she’s got a very pretty, very beautiful daughter.”īerry, who has not met Zephany herself, said the teenager was currently in a “safe place” and would move in with her parents eventually, but they are not sure when. Zephany met her mother for the first time in 17 years on Thursday, Berry added. He was excited but he had to contain himself, to not say anything, and carry on investigating.” “Zephany and Cassidy were having burgers and her dad walked in. When Zephany’s brother saw her, he knew instantly.”īerry’s brother, Morné Nurse, was subsequently reunited with his daughter at a McDonald’s branch. Cassidy gave her a hug and it started from there. When she saw Zephany she said ‘my God, she looks just like me’. “It was the first day of school and the other kids told Cassidy ‘there’s a girl who looks just like you’. She’s back now and we’re going to have a big party.”īerry, a housekeeping supervisor at a hotel, described the moment when Zephany came face to face with her biological sister. We had birthday parties for her every year. “Over the years there was negative talk from people outside about her being killed, but not in the family. We felt why, why? The feeling now is very different from that time. Recalling the moment that Zephany was kidnapped in 1997, she said: “Oh my God, it was like a funeral. It feels like we’re in a dream and we must still wake up. Zephany is now in the care of social services, while the woman who allegedly kidnapped and raised her has been arrested and charged.Īs the Nurses came to terms with the extraordinary turn of events, Zephany’s aunt, Shantal Berry, said on Friday: “We feel very excited, happy. DNA tests confirmed that she was the Nurses’ long-lost daughter. ![]() ![]() Morné Nurse then saw Cassidy and Zephany eating burgers together in McDonald’s, and, struck by the physical similarities, contacted the police. But last month her biological sister, Cassidy Nurse, began attending the same school, and soon fellow pupils noticed a startling resemblance between them. Zephany grew up just a couple of miles away with a different name and a different family, never suspecting she was not their real daughter. Celeste Nurse with baby Zephany before she was abducted in April 1997. |
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