![]() ![]() Investors complain that they have a hard time finding investment ready opportunities, and entrepreneurs complain that impact investors are not willing to take enough risk. It is not simple nor easy on a continent like Africa where entrepreneurship is flourishing, but access to capital remains elusive. We know the challenges that the world is facing are numerous, but are there enough businesses out there that are working to address these issues AND that have the capacity to take on the type of capital that Impact Investors are offering? Mismatched demand and supply In the current global discourse – much is also being said about ‘the lack of investable enterprises’ – or, a pipeline of ready, scalable, innovative and investment ready enterprises that can deliver not only the envisaged impacts but also the elusive and guaranteed returns of impact investments. in other words, most of the collective effort has focused on the supply side of impact investing.īut there is an absent voice in all these policies, regulation, standardization processes – that of the actual impact enterprise, or stated differently the demand side of impact investing. Establishing policy and enabling frameworks.Agreeing on measuring and benchmarking impact methodologies.Developing the right kind of investment vehicles, instruments and products.Over the past few years, even though much has been done by many to build an impact investing ecosystem, the collective global effort has been focused on: Namely, the impact base online directory of investment vehicles, and a global deal flow platform. To tackle these issues initiatives for impact investor and entrepreneurial networks are valuable progress.įorums such as the Global Impact Investing Network, the Aspen Network, the Investors’ Circle and Toniic aggregate expertise, provide space to share knowledge, best practices and potential deals - mostly among investors, and offer valuable tools. In this emerging global market with very diverse actors, the likelihood of finding a mission and finance product match through one-on-one pitches is especially low.Ĭurrently huge potential is lost, making the “missing middle” gap and lack of low-scale, globally accessible impact investment structures a considerable drain for growth. Impact investors constantly note that they struggle to identify matching and promising ventures. Moreover, research, due diligence and monitoring costs are high for a single investor.Įven where venture capital could be mobilized, many still fear exiting may be a problem, as potential buyers are hard to find - especially when investing in social/impact enterprises. Investors often associate impact investing with high risk, unaware that many social/impact enterprises are profitable and have great potential. Secondly, even promising new impact investing structures and vehicles still exclude a large group of investors and businesses focusing on early-stage ventures. Numerous calls to action have spurred promising initiatives, but essential challenges remain: Firstly, high transaction costs prevent both investors and impact entrepreneurs from finding fruitful partnerships. Impact investing has become a hot topic and is increasingly being explored by the investor community. This financing gap is particularly problematic for social and impact enterprises, as they not only find themselves stuck in the “missing middle” gap of the ‘post start up pre scale up’ phase with other SMEs, but moreover struggle to find an investor equally committed to their social mission. And yet, a lack of access to finance for SMEs - described as “one of the greater challenges” by the World Economic Forum - has not yet been sufficiently addressed. The considerable political and economic momentum that has been built around social entrepreneurial activity is therefore not surprising. Thus, these small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may just be the backbone of tomorrow’s global economy. These enterprises not only spur development and market growth, but also ensure the preservation of the very base of our global economy – environmental and social resources. ![]() The growth and success of green and inclusive business models with high impact potential is central to the challenges many emerging economies are facing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Lock suffered a thumb injury in the preseason and was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2019. Lock was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round as the 42nd overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Professional career Pre-draft measurablesĭenver Broncos Lock on the sidelines during a game Lock finished his college football career with a total of 108 (99 passing, 9 rushing) touchdowns. He led the SEC in pass attempts and completions in the 2018 season. In the 2018 season, Lock had 3,498 passing yards, 28 passing touchdowns, and eight interceptions to go along with six rushing touchdowns. Missouri closed out the regular season with a four-game winning streak against Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Arkansas where Lock had nine passing touchdowns to two interceptions while having three rushing touchdowns. On October 20, against Memphis, he passed for 350 yards and four touchdowns in the win. Lock helped lead Missouri to a 3–0 start with 11 passing touchdowns and one interception in the stretch against UT Martin, Wyoming, and Purdue. Lock was selected to the First-team All-SEC. He finished the season with 242-of-419 passing (57.8%) for 3,964 yards with 44 touchdowns and 13 interceptions (165.7 rtg.). In the 2017 season, Lock led the NCAA (FBS) and set the SEC and Missouri record for passing touchdowns (44) while helping the Tigers reach a bowl game after starting the season 1–5. On November 24, on the road against Arkansas, he had 448 yards, five passing touchdowns, and two interceptions. On October 21, against Idaho, he had 467 passing yards, six touchdowns, and one interception to break a five-game losing streak for Missouri. In the Tigers' 2017 season opener, Lock passed for 521 yards, seven touchdowns, and one interception in a victory over Missouri State. Lock finished the 2016 regular season ranked second in the SEC in passing yards (3,399) Lock finished the 2016 season with 3,399 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, and ten interceptions to go along with a rushing touchdown. He finished that game going 16-for-26 with 268 yards and a score. He closed his season by sparking a second-half 17-point comeback with a 67-yard touchdown pass to Johnathon Johnson against Arkansas. In the first half alone, he completed 26 of 36 passes for 402 yards while matching the school record with five touchdowns. He played only the first half against Delaware State, but put up huge numbers in the 79–0 win. His passing total of 1,106 yards was more than any Mizzou quarterback in his first three games ever. ![]() He tossed for three more touchdowns on 23-of-38 passing in Missouri's 28–27 loss to Georgia. ![]() In Missouri's second game of the 2016 season, Lock completed 24-for-37 for a career-high 450 yards while tying a school record with five touchdowns against Eastern Michigan in Mizzou's home opener. He finished the season 129-of-263 for 1,332 yards, four passing touchdowns, and eight interceptions to go along with a rushing touchdown. Against BYU at Arrowhead Stadium, Lock was 19-of-28 for a career-best 244 yards and a touchdown while also setting career highs in both passer rating and passing yards while posting his second-best completion percentage of the season. In a 24–10 win over South Carolina, he became the school's first true freshman to start at quarterback since Corby Jones in 1995, going 21-for-28 for 136 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He took over as Mizzou's starting quarterback over the final eight games of 2015. Lock began his collegiate career by going 6-for-10 for 138 yards and a touchdown in the 2015 season-opener against Southeast Missouri State while coming off the bench for two series. He was considered a two-star basketball prospect as a shooting guard, but he retired from basketball after high school. He committed to the University of Missouri to play college football. Lock was rated by Rivals as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the sixth-best pro-style quarterback in the 2015 class. As a senior in 2014, he was the Kansas City Star's All-Metro Player of the Year after passing for 2,731 yards and 28 touchdowns. As a junior, he passed for 3,060 yards and 35 touchdowns. Lock attended Lee's Summit High School in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He played college football at Missouri and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Andrew Stephen Lock (born November 10, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The self-disclosure questions create the spark and ground to build on. That there was a carry over that lasted beyond the study indicates the power of self-disclosure. The effects of the 45 minutes self-disclosure activity (involving the questions below) lasted beyond the study, with many participants maintaining some sort of relationship with the person they had been paired up in the study. Results revealed that participants rated their relationship with their partners of less than an hour to be about as close as the average relationship in their lives and in other people’s lives. Don’t go too far though – nobody likes arrogance – but if you’re faking it, there’s no chance of that. Acting as though you assume you will be accepted and liked will ensure you come across as warm, open, interested and interesting. ![]() Expecting that people will like you (with humility, not arrogance) will in itself generate warmth and openness. It has at its core an assumption that the other person will be accepting. This is an important one.It extends kindness and warmth – two qualities that have been consistently reported by people as the qualities that attracted them to someone.When the defensive shell is dropped, the extraordinary happens. Self-disclosure facilitates a number of important aspects that have been established as important to building intimacy: ‘One key pattern associated with the development of a close relationship among peers is sustained, escalating, reciprocal, personal self-disclosure.’ The keys to establishing a real connection.Ī key feature in the development of close relationships is dropping the defensive guard. As explained by Professor Aron and colleagues, The more two people share in a novel and challenging activity, the greater the feeling of closeness. Conversation – the right conversation – can be as novel and challenging as anything. The process of self-expansion typically happens through time spent together, sharing activities, ideas and interests. By opening up to another person’s beliefs, feelings, ideology, resources and personality, the unique parts of another is added to the already defined parts of the self, and the self expands. ![]() When two people begin a relationship, each begins to ‘include the other in the self’. According to his research, intimacy is critical to a relationship because it not only grows the relationship, but also the people in it. Professor of Psychology Arthur Aron, has done extensive work in the area. There is an abundance of research that has looked at the way people develop intimacy. At least that’s how they will be seen and remembered. It’s charming, fascinating, energetic and so are the people involved. Nobody is suggesting that hearts and souls be put on the line in the name of intoxicating conversation, but intelligent, interesting conversation, with a little bit more of someone brave enough to go there, is impossible to walk away from. This calls for conversation that’s a little bit bolder and a little bit braver, but they are always the conversations that are exquisite to be a part of. This is where the real magic happens.Ī number of studies have shown that to move a conversation from the surface to a little bit more, mutual vulnerability is key. Small talk is fine to a point, but there’s one thing that sparks a connection more than any another – mutual vulnerability, powered by self-disclosure. ![]() ![]() now the phantoms animatronics and what they do. if any of these are down then reboot them on your control panel on your left. if this has an error then you will not be able to bring springtrap to that area. the audio system lets you use audio cues. if this has an error, then you will not be able to see the camera. if it has a error then you will start to black out. vent system, camera system, and the audio system. you will still be alive but there will be an error of one of three systems. the phantoms will jumpscare you but not end the game. But if you quick enough, then you can place the audio cue right next to him. if you see him in the door way then you have no hope but to keep eye contact. quickly put your audio cue in the hallway right next to the window. if you see him in the window don't panic. one right next to you end somewhere around your office as in the window and door way. if you see him in the vent then seal it before he gets thru. depending on the room he is in depends on witch vent he is in. springtrap will go into the vents time to time so look at your other monitor on your right. if you are on pc you can hit the E button to use the audio cue in the camera your in. This is both fine for vr and pc but not that easy. if you to late then that withered animatronic will jumpscare you. if a withered animatronic enters your room you have to put your mask on quickly. if you here quiet static then she is in that camera your on or in the hallway. if you here really loud static then mangle is in the vent. if its foxy then flash your light over and over again to scare him away. if there is something in the hall way you do not need to put your mask on but if there is a withered (or broken) animatronic in the hallway then shine your light at it to slow it down. if you see somthing in the vents then put your mask on in till it goes away. check the hallway and vents from time to time. pc players will have to quickly grab the mask. keep your mask in your hands at all time if you are using VR. Keep your camera at the prize corner at all time because this is the most important camera. This has led to an error to where if both are present in the hall, their models will clip into each other.Fnaf 2 is the easiest if you are using VR (sorry if your playing pc). In VR, Withered Freddy's positioning in the main hall was changed to mimic Toy Freddy.Along with the other Withered Animatronics, Withered Freddy is added in the update patch released on September 14, 2019.Wearing the wrong mask will result in Withered Freddy attacking the player, ending their run in a jumpscare. If he is not present before the door opens, the player must equip the Freddy mask. After the player rings the bell, he will walk around the house with the others. Withered Freddy also appears in the "Trick or Treat" minigame in the Spooky Mansion section along with the other Withered Animatronics, BB, and Mangle. The lights will flicker, and the player must quickly equip the Freddy mask to avoid a jumpscare. He will stand in the doorway of the hall before entering the room. He will make his way to the office, approaching from the hallway. Withered Freddy appears in the Five Nights at Freddy's 2 gameplay section, specifically in the Hardmode - Withered section. Withered Freddy would later reappear in The Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience as a digital recreation of the original.īehavior Five Nights at Freddy's 2 After the events of FNaF 2, Withered Freddy, along with the other Withereds, would go on to be refurbished into Freddy Fazbear from FNaF 1. However, after the location had closed down and the new Freddy Fazbear's Pizza from FNaF 2 was opened, Withered Freddy was decommissioned and replaced by Toy Freddy. Withered Freddy used to be one of the performers in the first ever Freddy Fazbear's. In comparison to the other Withered Animatronics, he is in relatively good condition. He has withering along his arms and where his kneecaps would be, wires pouring out. He has a black top hat, with matching buttons and a black bowtie on his chest. His torso is wide and squarish, with a large round belly protruding. He has dull blue eyes and a squarish muzzle. He has square teeth on his upper and lower jaw, thin black eyebrows, a black tophat, and two small half-circle ears. He is a dirty, dry brown with tan coloring on his muzzle, belly, and in his ears. His overall appearance, while recognizable as Freddy, is very different. Out of all of the original animatronics, Withered Freddy seems to be the least damaged, with only a few tears through his body. ![]() ![]() ![]() There is often some processing time before a refund is posted. Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted. If you haven’t received a refund yet, first check your bank account again. If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund. Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted: (if applicable)ĬD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened.Īny item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error.Īny item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery Please do not send your purchase back to the manufacturer. To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase. ![]() We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. ![]() It must also be in the original packaging. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. If 30 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately we can’t offer you a refund or exchange. ![]() ![]() It is similar to a first-order chemical reaction in which the first-order rate constant is the sum of all of the rates (a parallel kinetic model). ![]() Absorption of a photon of energy h ν e x the non-radiative decay rate. A notable exception is molecular oxygen, which has a triplet ground state. The ground state of most molecules is a singlet state, denoted as S 0. When the initial and final states have different multiplicity (spin), the phenomenon is termed phosphorescence. Physical principles Mechanism įluorescence occurs when an excited molecule, atom, or nanostructure, relaxes to a lower energy state (usually the ground state) through emission of a photon without a change in electron spin. In a key experiment he used a prism to isolate ultraviolet radiation from sunlight and observed blue light emitted by an ethanol solution of quinine exposed by it. The name was derived from the mineral fluorite (calcium difluoride), some examples of which contain traces of divalent europium, which serves as the fluorescent activator to emit blue light. He named this phenomenon fluorescence "I am almost inclined to coin a word, and call the appearance fluorescence, from fluor-spar, as the analogous term opalescence is derived from the name of a mineral." (p 479, footnote) In his 1852 paper on the "Refrangibility" ( wavelength change) of light, George Gabriel Stokes described the ability of fluorspar and uranium glass to change invisible light beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum into blue light. ĭescribed fluorescence in fluorites, Sir David Brewster described the phenomenon for chlorophyll in 1833 Īnd Sir John Herschel did the same for quinine in 1845. The chemical compound responsible for this fluorescence is matlaline, which is the oxidation product of one of the flavonoids found in this wood. It was derived from the wood of two tree species, Pterocarpus indicus and Eysenhardtia polystachya. Matlaline, the fluorescent substance in the wood of the tree Eysenhardtia polystachyaĪn early observation of fluorescence was described in 1560 by Bernardino de Sahagún and in 1565 by Nicolás Monardes in the infusion known as lignum nephriticum ( Latin for "kidney wood"). History A cup made from the wood of the narra tree ( Pterocarpus indicus) beside a flask containing its fluorescent solution Lignum nephriticum. But since fluorescence is due to a specific chemical, which can also be synthesized artificially in most cases, it is sufficient to describe the substance itself as fluorescent. The latter may be referred to as biofluorescence, indicating that the fluorophore is part of or is extracted from a living organism (rather than an inorganic dye or stain). Its most common everyday application is in ( gas-discharge) fluorescent lamps and LED lamps, in which fluorescent coatings convert UV or blue light into longer-wavelengths resulting in white light which can even appear indistinguishable from that of the traditional but energy- inefficient incandescent lamp.įluorescence also occurs frequently in nature in some minerals and in many biological forms across all kingdoms of life. ![]() Fluorescent materials cease to glow nearly immediately when the radiation source stops, unlike phosphorescent materials, which continue to emit light for some time after.įluorescence has many practical applications, including mineralogy, gemology, medicine, chemical sensors ( fluorescence spectroscopy), fluorescent labelling, dyes, biological detectors, cosmic-ray detection, vacuum fluorescent displays, and cathode-ray tubes. A perceptible example of fluorescence occurs when the absorbed radiation is in the ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum (invisible to the human eye), while the emitted light is in the visible region this gives the fluorescent substance a distinct color that can only be seen when the substance has been exposed to UV light. ![]() In most cases, the emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore a lower photon energy, than the absorbed radiation. Fluorescent marine organisms Fluorescent clothes used in black light theater production, Pragueįluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. For the album by Asobi Seksu, see Fluorescence (album).įluorescent minerals emit visible light when exposed to ultraviolet. ![]() ![]() ![]() System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/C/Foundation: stat() failed with errno=13Īnonymous UUID: F09113DF-2FD5-7764-9FD7-62C835B4D0B1 System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/C/Foundation: mach-o, but not built for driverkit Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/sentinel.dylib Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/C/Foundation Termination Reason: DYLD, Library missing Path: /Library/StagedExtensions/*/-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDevice Start macOS in Safe Mode to purge system caches:. ![]() Restart macOS, and then open System Preferences.Follow tekezo's suggestions from System policy prevents loading the kernel extension.Downgrade Karabiner-Elements to v12.10.0 by installing from.Upgrade to macOS 11.0 Big Sur (Developer Beta 9).Please shout if I can help.Įdit: Possibly related to #2438. I know I've not provided much information, but I'm not sure what other information would be useful. I've tried installing 13.0.0 from DMG, too, although I didn't completely uninstall beforehand.įor what it's worth, I'm using a AMD Ryzen hackintosh (Catalina, 10.15.4), so "roll back to v12 and go away" is a perfectly permissible response, but I figured I'd mention it. ![]() I've rebooted, and I've "Deactivated" and "Activated" the driver several times. I've tried the usual steps, which have worked before, and I've "Allow"ed the extension in System Preferences. The virtual keyboard and mouse driver is not loaded. I just updated to v13.0.0, and I can't get the driver to run: ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() This new pass replaces Metra Link-up and Pace PlusBus.īuy at any Ventra Vending Machine, online, by phone, at retail locationsįee returned as transit value if registered within 90 days of purchase Pass sold by Metra or on the Ventra App to use with Metra Monthly Ticket. Tip: Use an unlimited pass to board at O'Hare for no additional charge.įare applies if using cash/coins directly at farebox when boarding. Valid on CTA and Pace.ĭeducted on entry at O'Hare station, only, from Ventra transit account using Ventra Card or via contactless Pay-As-You-Go payment methods. Unlimited rides for a period of time from first use. Share how you are using these resources, or post any questions you may have, on GeoNet’s ArcGIS Living Atlas and GIS for Equity and Social Justice spaces.(as deducted from a Ventra Transit Account or paid via Pay-as-you-go † direct contactless payment) You can also find additional resources and content on the Racial Equity GIS Hub. In addition to the layer, an accompanying web map is available or those who just need a map to incorporate into a story map or dashboard. These are just two of the newest resources in ArcGIS Living Alas of the World: a collection of maps, apps, and data layers to support your work. Your approach depends on what question you are trying to answer, and the ArcGIS platform provides many different symbology, filtering, and tabular data options to help you answer your research questions. This layer represents a “fingerprint” of inequity from decades ago whose effects are still being felt today, which can help those in positions to advance equity and social justice. Many organizations are interested in understanding present-day inequities in their communities. In their presentation, “Toward a Just, Green Future: Emerging Approaches for Equitable Public Investment,” they show how neighborhoods with the historical grade of “A” had an average of 17 contaminated sites per square mile in 2017, compared to 38 sites per square mile in neighborhoods that received a grade of “D.” Said another way, historically redlined neighborhoods in Seattle have more than double contaminated sites per square mile today than Seattle neighborhoods historically deemed the “best.” Two analysts from the Seattle area summarized the average number of contaminated sites per square mile by these four grades. Summarize your own data by the four grades.This approach is what an analyst at the city of Asheville, NC used and shared in her presentation: “Mapping Racial Equity in Asheville, North Carolina: A collection of maps about History, Displacement, and Neighborhood Change” when also showing recent displacement on the same map. born neighborhoods that HOLC defined as “still desirable” and sound investments for mortgage lenders. A was traditionally colored in green, B was traditionally colored in blue, C was traditionally colored in yellow, and D was traditionally colored in red.Ī (Best): Always upper- or upper-middle-class White neighborhoods that HOLC defined as posing minimal risk for banks and other mortgage lenders, as they were “ethnically homogeneous” and had room to be further developed.ī (Still Desirable): Generally nearly or completely White, U.S. These maps and neighborhood ratings set the rules for decades of real estate practices. Local real estate developers and appraisers in over 200 cities assigned grades to residential neighborhoods. The HOLC created a neighborhood ranking system infamously known today as redlining. The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was created in the New Deal Era and trained many home appraisers in the 1930s. This ready-to-use layer can provide important context for your work. One topic that came up in many user presentations was redlining because of how valuable GIS-ready historical redlining data can be to help us understand how historical inequities still contribute to inequities today.Ī redlining layer of 143 cities is now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas. The virtual nature of this conference has given me the opportunity to see many user presentations. ![]() Not only was it the first ever virtual conference with a record number of attendees, but this year was also the inaugural year for the Equity and Social Justice track for user presentations. ![]() |
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