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Here are the rules for legal marijuana in…
Here are the rules for legal marijuana in California once the law goes into effect Jan. 1
By The Cannifornian |
PUBLISHED: December 4, 2017 at 6:03 am | UPDATED: December 6, 2017 at 9:29 am
Interested in more coverage of the California marijuana industry? Head to TheCannifornian.com or subscribe to The Cannifornian newsletter to get cannabis-related news, features and more.
Cannabis businesses in California can't be within 600 feet of schools. Shops have to close by 10 p.m., and they need 24-hour video surveillance.
Proposed California cannabis tax reforms would benefit locals, industry says
Martinez approves cannabis dispensary near Alhambra High School
Police: Man mixed his mother's cremains with marijuana
Jury convicts two in East Bay marijuana robbery/shooting death, including defendant who was miles away at the time
Gov. Newsom's budget calls for changing how California regulates its Marijuana industry
Those regulations are in the new rule book for California's cannabis industry, which state regulators released in November.
"I feel a big sigh of relief. It's a big milestone for us to release these regulations," said Lori Ajax, chief of the state's Bureau of Cannabis Control. "But there's still a lot of work to be done. No rest for the weary."
The rulebook gives aspiring and established marijuana businesses their first look at 276 pages of regulations they must abide by come Jan. 1, when the state will start issuing licenses for the multibillion-dollar industry and allowing recreational pot sales to start for the first time.
Regulations for shops, distributors and testers (PDF)
Regulations for cultivators (PDF)
Regulations for manufacturers (PDF)
CONFLICTING LAWS
The rushed timeline is the result of a series of conflicting laws passed over the last two years.
In fall 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills that mandated the first set of comprehensive regulations on medical marijuana in California by the start of 2018.
Then in fall 2016, voters passed Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana. That measure also called for recreational cannabis businesses to get state licenses starting Jan. 1, 2018. Read the full story at The Cannifornian.
Tired of waiting, homeless advocates build unsanctioned East Bay village of tiny homes
Advocates are building a new unsanctioned village of tiny homes for the homeless on a median behind the East 12 St. Burger King in Oakland.
Apple TV+: What's coming soon to the streaming service
Apple bulks up its TV roster with more dramas, comedies and documentaries
Illegal crossings plummeted across the border after the Trump administration made more asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court.


When building a new site from scratch or optimizing an existing one, webmasters face numerous decisions regarding many small details in SEO. It is no wonder that some of those details may be overlooked, such as the use of dashes and underscores in URL structures.
Many new website owners have asked—and still do ask—why such a minute detail matters in SEO. The answer is very simple: Google looks at dashes and underscores differently.
Google treats underscores as a joiner between two keywords, whereas a dash (also called a hyphen) signifies a separation of the keywords. For example, to Google, blue_shoes is just that: blue_shoes. In comparison, Google reads blue-shoes as blue shoes.
This differentiation between the punctuation, according to Google's head of webspam Matt Cutts, is a remnant from Google's early days. Since Google's original engineers were "techy" computer programmers, they were very focused on being able to find specific terms within the code. Using underscores made it much easier to find those files or macros within programming language.
The practice eventually carried over and evolved with Google's search algorithm. Treating underscores as joiners is still in use with Google's latest update Hummingbird, and Cutts said that the company had no plans in the foreseeable future to change how the search engine viewed them.
Although the difference between the two punctuation marks is great, Cutts explained that using dashes instead of underscores in URLs "doesn't make that much of a difference" in relation to Google search results. It is a "second order effect" rather than a primary one.
Consider Wikipedia: the website comprises millions of URLs that contain only underscores and no dashes. But that does not affect Wikipedia's ranking, considering that the website obviously does very well with the many other signals Google uses in determining SERPs.
Apart from Google, Microsoft's search engine Bing does not differentiate at all between underscores and dashes as of August 2011. They are both viewed as separators.
If you already have a website that utilizes underscores in its URL structures, Cutts said it may not be worth the time and effort to rewrite all of them to include hyphens and create 301 redirects if the website is already ranking well due to other factors. Changing all of your website's URLs could, in fact, create more problems than just sticking with the underscores. However, if you're starting fresh and don't yet have a foothold in search rankings, use dashes between keywords in all of your URLs.
The underscore disappears into the underlined text, making it difficult for users to decipher the real URL and possibly link back to the website.
According to Google, dashes do trump underscores as the URL punctuation of choice. Matt Cutts' video explained the difference between the two—which turns out is fairly great—but said that the effect of using underscores over dashes is relatively minor in search results.
That does mean that there is an effect. Imagine if Google proclaimed that all websites should unequivocally use dashes instead of underscores and that using the latter is detrimental. Cutts could have instructed website owners to change at least their top 100 pages, but that may have (and probably would have) caused chaos. Instead, Cutts assured the SEO industry that underscores are still OK.
Still, even if you have an established website, it might be worth it to actually rewrite your top 100 pages' URLs if they utilize underscores. Google has come out in favor of the dash, although according to Cutts, they don't influence much. But it could turn out, however, that using underscores has a greater impact than we know.


TALKING TO MYSELF AND FEELING BETTER. REALLY.
After my father died, about 6 years ago, I knew I needed to confront my sadness. I was fortunate to have my husband, but I needed to sort through and unload my feelings often, and in a more therapeutic way. I wanted to unburden myself out loud and have a listener. With friends the glitch was that I did not want to hear the words that gave me zero solace. Sorry for your loss, and I am so sorry to hear that, rang hollow to me and provided no resolution. These were phrases that left me feeling more alone. Yes, I do understand that death is uncomfortable for people, and certain routine expressions fill a need. Words that are easily accessed. They can be used without feeling the heart wrenching pain that accompanies death. So, I decided to talk to myself.
I was living in a new part of the US and did not want to start a relationship with a psychotherapist, a rebirther, shaman, etcetera. I also did not find traditional psychotherapy direct enough. Been there, done that. I also needed more relief than one session a week could provide. I needed to help myself. So, after a number years of using Emotional Freedom Technique I knew I had enough tools to heal, and this time on my own terms. I had this clear sense that I could give myself the support and daily venting I needed. I had a few years of ezperiencing Emotional Freedom Technique in private sessions with a couple of practitioners. Also, some good information from listening to The World Tapping Summit produced by The Tapping Solution.
We were renting a house in Palm Springs, California with two large walk in closets, one of which we were not using. I would go into that one, very large, empty closet with a chair and a box of tissues and begin to talk to my dad and cry. I used the Tapping Points from Emotional Freedom Technique while I talked either out loud or silently. It was one of the most cathartic and healing experiences of my life up to that point. EFT was there for me when I needed it, it was free, and it did not have to end in the usual 55 minutes of most traditional therapy sessions. Those tapping / venting sessions were very revealing. I learned more about myself and my feelings concerning my father, family, and life than I ever thought possible. Soon I brought in another chair and sat it across from me. I would imagine that my father, mother, or whomever else I wanted to talk to was sitting across from me. The results were highly unburdening. They were filled with many emotions, primarily the sad relief of letting go of all that sadness. Forgiveness and deeper understanding of myself and others was my gift each day. Those sessions helped me move on.
For people who are willing to try to access feelings of sadness, loss, confusion, etcetera that arise when healing from illness, Emotional Freedom Technique and Faster EFT can be extremely helpful. From my own recent experience, EFT can be made more effective by using The 5 Second Rule that Mel Robbins has created. Her audiobook is available, as of right now, on Youtube. If you like audiobooks, I think it is worth the investment, or purchasing the book itself.
When we release toxic matter that has been stored in the body for decades there are emotions that are connected with those toxins. We often self medicate with food, sugar, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, television, video games, shopping, etcetera to avoid confronting uncomfortable feelings. As children we learn from adults how to shove our pain away with these behaviors and substances. This is a very short handed explanation as to why people suffer so much when they "clean house". We crave the things that shielded us from the emotional pain, and those cravings return with a vengeance when we remove them. It is called withdrawal, and it can bite.
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Q: Misra violation 12.6 How to get rid of MISRA violation on following statement
typedef unsigned char boolean;

boolean A, B;

A = !B;

Operand of logical ! operator is not an 'effectively Boolean'
  expression. MISRA-C:2004 Rule 12.6; REFERENCE - ISO:C90-6.3.3.3 Unary
  Arithmetic Operators

A: If you read rule 12.6 it says "check Boolean Expressions" in the appendix. There we can read

"Boolean-by-enforcement values can be introduced by implementing a specific type enforcement mechanism using a tool. A Boolean type could be associated with a specific typedef, and would
  then be used for any objects that are Boolean. This could bring many
  benefts, especially if the checking tool can support it, and in
  particular it could help avoid confusion between logical operations
  and integer operations."

MISRA-C:2004 assumes C90, and in C90 there is no bool type, you have to typedef it yourself, like you have done. Since your intention is to have a type which is effectively boolean, the code is just fine. In fact, your code follows MISRA recommendations beyond the mandatory ones.
The problem lies with your tool: it either does not support to allow a specific boolean type as per MISRA recommendations, or it is misconfigured.

A: Simple... don't use ! on things that aren't booleans. Just because your typedef is named boolean doesn't mean it is; it's still an unsigned char.
You could write:
if (b == 0) A = 1;
else A = 0;

I don't think MISRA allows ternary operators (could be wrong; not an expert) but if it does, you could write:
A = (b == 0) ? 1 : 0;

A: How about this:
A = (B == 0 ? 1 : 0);

A: Though the ISO:C90 standard says the operand can be of any scalar type the ! operator always yield a value of either 0 or 1; the underlying type (in MISRA-C:2004 terms) is considered effectively boolean, but the operand is not.  Since the operator interprets its operand in a Boolean sense by comparing it 0 with try:
A = (B==0);

which make the logical comparison explicit.  Also, depending on the tool, there may a boolean type enforcement mechanism you can configure for this typedef.

A: Have you tried the idiom !! to convert values in boolean:
bool bool_val = !!int_val;

Then the far-fetched following code might work:
A = !(!!B) // B is "cast" within the parenthesis then we apply the "NOT"

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History of Henley Allotments
Allotments in Henley-on-Thames date from 1844 when the corporation decided that Alleway's piece should become allotments for the poor. However, in April 1846 an application had been received by the corportion for part of Alleway's piece to be used to build a church in the parish of Greys. The land was sold for £375 and Trinity Church and a churchyard constructed on it.
There is no mention of what happened to the allotments, but at some time the area of land known as "The Hangings" became allotments. This is the land now occupied by bungalows in Greys Road.
In 1854, it was decided that Greencroft was to be allotments for the poor. This area has an interesting history. According to Norden's Map of Windsor Forest of 1607, Remenham was part of the forest and known as Fines Bayliwick and was held by Sir Henrie Nevells. The forest at that time extended from Chertsey to Wargrave along the Thames, along the rivers Loddon and Blackwater and then southwards to the Guildford - Farnham road, then to Guildford and along the river Wey to Chertsey.
By 1628 it was in the hands of the Rt. Hon. Richard Lord Lovelace, Baron of Hurley. On 9th January 1628 a tripartite indenture was made between the above Richard Lord Lovelace, William Jorman and Edward Bryan of Henley-on-Thames and the Warden, Bridgemen, Burgesses and commonality of Henley-on-Thames in which two pieces of land called summer leayes and Greencroft, totalling 20 acres in all, were paid for by Jorman and Bryan and ownership passed to Henley-on-Thames for charitable purposes. The sum paid was £40 and the boundaries of the land were abutting the London Highway (this was the original London road which has since been moved northwards twice), Remenham Lane (which at that time followed the line of the footpath past Leander and across the Regatta Meadow to the present Remenham Lane), a meadow occupied by John Maryott and lands called the Deanes. By 1737 the Deanes appear to be called the Beans or Binns.
The year 1855 saw Shards piece become allotments at 6d per pole in 40 pole plots at £1 per plot. In 1856 the Great Western Railway wanted to purchase part of this land for the new railway station.
In August 1911 an Allotment Association was formed. At the same time Newton Allotments were created, 4½ acres for 52 tenants at 8d per pole and 3½ acres at 7d per pole.
In connection with the war effort, it was decided that all small plots in the town were to be allotments. There were spaces in Western Road, Cromwell Road, Belle Vue Road and Berkshire Road. Pig keeping laws were relaxed to 200ft from dwellings and some pig keeping was allowed as a result in Belle Vue Road. Allotments came into being on George Walton Turner's lower field (next to Trinity Hall).
This land was subsequently bought in December 1919 for the Borough's first Housing Scheme, totalling 13½ acres. It is probable that Abraham's allotments came into being at the same time. In June 1920 the Abraham's Allotments were up for sale following the death of the owner, Sir Frank Crisp, of Friar Park. These, therefore were at that time privately owned allotments. A committee was formed to see if they could have first offer and an offer at £650 was made to the estate of Sir Frank Crisp. This was not successful as Mr. W. Morris acquired the land.
In August 1920 Waterman's field was suggested for allotments due to building on land in the Harpsden Road that was owned by G. W. Turner before its acquisition by the Borough.
Newton's allotments were purchased from the Grammar School Governors for £1,000 in July 1927.
In October 1927 sanction for a loan to buy Abraham's Allotments was sought. Later, in February 1929, it was suggested that the Fair Mile Allotments be purchased.
In 1929, according to a copy of the Allotment Association Rules book there were 5 allotment sites:
Abraham's Gardens
Greys Road
Newtown Farm
By April 1935 the purchase of Abraham's allotments from Mr W. Morris was sanctioned at a cost of £1,000.
In February 1937, Alderman Dee gave a piece of land of about 4 Acres known as Waterman's Field as playing fields to commemorate the Coronation and in memory of Sir Anker Simmons. It was accepted but later used as allotments.
The purchase of the Dean (once called Gyldondene) for allotments at a cost of £1,000 was completed in January 1946. This was known as Deanfield Allotments.
In the late 1950's Waterman's Field was used for building the Waterman's Estate and the current Waterman's Allotments created. The Newtown allotments were later used to build Elliot's the builder's merchants, now Gibbs and Dandy. No new allotments were acquired to replace these as demand for allotments was declining. Abraham's was also used for local authority housing at about the same time.
Deanfield was reduced in size twice before finally closing in 1984, the allotees going to either Watermans or Greencroft, these two sites being all that remain of Henley-on-Thames allotments.
Compiled by Peter Anderson from the note books of the late John Crocker and S. J. Halton, courtesy of Henley-on-Thames Archaeological and Historical Group.
To read an interesting article on the history of allotments and the reasons people want them, click on this link...Allotment Gardens

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The reverse proxy logs contain time, source IP and web site information about requests made using the reverse proxy service.
• Go to Reports > Logs > Reverse proxy.
• Time — The time the web request was made.
• Source IP — The source IP address the web request originated from.
• Website — The URL of the requested web resource.
1. Go to Reports > Logs > Reverse proxy.
• Year — From the drop-down list, choose the year's data to export.
• Ignore filter — Enter a regular expression that excludes matching log entries.
• Enable ignore filter — Select to enable the ignore filter.
• Domain filter — Used to display log entries recorded against a particular domain.
Matching will occur on the start of the domain part of the URL. For example, www.abc will match www.abc.com and www.abc.net but not match abc.net.
It is possible to include regular expressions within the filter — for example (www.)?abc.com will match both abc.com and www.abc.com.
• Enable domain filter — Select to enable the domain filter.
Note: When running SSL VPNs in TCP mode, the reverse proxy access logs generated for HTTPS requests will contain a source address of 127.0.0.1. This is because OpenVPN has to proxy the HTTPS traffic. Therefore, from the Smoothwall's point of view, the traffic is originating from localhost.
You can also choose to export reverse proxy logs to a chosen format.


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Q: Can we call a method in other method in constructor class? For example, I created a class Pizza which have method pizzaCodes() and pizzaSizes(). I used pizzaSizes() method (which take input and return the value) in pizzaCodes() method. The codes for pizzaCodes() are like below:
public String pizzaCodes(){
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Choose your pizza: ");
        code = sc.next().charAt(0);

    switch(code){

        case 'A', 'a':
            System.out.println("Pizza: " + pizzaCode[0]);
            System.out.println("Choose size(R/L): ");
            pizzaSizes(size); // pizzaSizes() method used in pizzaCodes() method.

            if(pizzaSize == 'R'){
                dPizza = "Chicken Delight: Regular";
                price2 = price[0];
            }else{
                dPizza = "Chicken Delight: Large";
                price2 = price[3];
            }
            System.out.println("Quantity?");
            quantity = sc.nextInt();
            break;
        case 'B', 'b':

            System.out.println("Pizza: " + pizzaCode[1]);
            System.out.println("Choose size(R/L): ");
            pizzaSizes(size); // pizzaSizes() method used in pizzaCodes() method.
            if(pizzaSize == 'R'){
                dPizza = "Beef Pepperoni: Regular";
                price2 = price[1];
            }else{
                dPizza = "Beef Pepperoni: Large";
                price2 = price[4];
            }
            System.out.println("Quantity?");
            quantity = sc.nextInt();
            break;
        case 'C', 'c':

            System.out.println("Pizza: " + pizzaCode[2]);
            System.out.println("Choose size(R/L): ");
            pizzaSizes(size); // pizzaSizes() method used in pizzaCodes() method.
            if(pizzaSize == 'R'){
                dPizza = "Cheese Bomb: Regular";
                price2 = price[2];
            }else{
                dPizza = "Cheese Bomb: Large";
                price2 = price[5];
            }
            System.out.println("Quantity?");
            quantity = sc.nextInt();
            break;
        case 'D', 'd':
            dPizza = "Super Deals";
            System.out.println("Pizza: " + pizzaCode[3]);
            System.out.println("Choose size(R/L): ");
            pizzaSizes(size); // pizzaSizes() method used in pizzaCodes() method.
            System.out.println("Quantity?");
            quantity = sc.nextInt();
            break;
    }

    total = price2 * quantity;
    totPrice = total + totPrice;

    if(totPrice > 50){ // if else for applying discount
        newPrice = totPrice - 20;
        System.out.println("Discount applied");
        System.out.println("Total amount :RM" + String.format("%.2f", newPrice));
    }else{
        newPrice = totPrice;
        System.out.println("No discount applied");
        System.out.println("Total amount :RM" + String.format("%.2f", newPrice));
    }

    return dPizza;
}

And this is pizzaSizes() code:
public String[] pizzaSizes(String[] size){
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

    pizzaSize = sc.next().charAt(0);

    if(pizzaSize == 'R'||pizzaSize == 'r'){
        System.out.println("Size: " + size[0]);
    }else{
        System.out.println("Size: " + size[1]);
    }

    return size;
}

I expecting an error since I learned to call a method inside main method and plus I'm new in java coding but it's working perfectly fine. I'm actually curious does it actually against java rules.


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A new approach to Mathematics in UK schools has been a point of discussion for more than a decade now. Britain's standing in the world amongst other leading education systems has been somewhat disappointing with regard to the subject. Compared to countries such as China, Singapore and Finland, it is fairly clear that old approaches are no longer sustainable and…


In Insult Your Friends, you will begin by having someone pass out seven cards to each player. You will then pick a card you like, and pass the rest of the deck to the left. Repeat this until you have rotated the deck seven times. The last card handed to you gets thrown in the center of the table. On your turn, you will pick a player and begin insulting them by throwing down keyword cards from your hand while using fillers to create fantastic insults. The players will then all vote on who insulted better. The winner grabs a card from the center pile.
Since this is a party game about insulting your friends, I was not able to capture every verbal interaction, I figured I'd blend my thoughts with my experience to ensure I get a solid quality of information pushed on this review. I'm sure if someone had a hand of seven cards they would easily insult how lame and lazy it might seem that I used a filler sentence to extend the length of my review. Unfortunately, some may find my reviews cancer and could potentially be cheap reviews with no quality content. See what I did there? I literally played the game for the review! Bolded words were part of my seven card hand and I insulted myself using those words (I'd totally vote for myself on best insults by the way).
I feel this game does what a lot of party games do not, Insult Your Friends incorporates enough of verbal interaction and improvisation to essentially turn a typical card czar party game into a fun long lasting experience for everyone. No one person could push the same insult unless they were to get the same deck of cards and mastered the specific insult. This directly interactive game impresses a lot of fun and is available and accessible to all players above the age of 17. I played this with a group of coworkers as well as my typical game group. I enjoy the content of the cards and i enjoy who quickly players can get into the game. I forget to mention the black add-on cards that can throw a twist onto the pink cards such as adding "non-", "half-", and so forth.
All in all, it's a quality party game.
You will like this game if you're looking for a party game with a nice variety of gameplay.
You will not like this game if you are just not into the vote for a player party style games.


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Q: Hide php files on local server from a client's machine I have finished building a web app which uses the combination PHP,Mysql,HTML and CSS. I am hosting this on apache installed on Ubuntu 12.0 (in the var/www/ as root folder). This means the web app will be hosted locally on the clients Computer.
This also means the client has access to the php files which is located in the var/www/ folder, now the problem here is that, he can directly copy,delete or edit the php files as and when he wants, which is not supposeto be so.
I do not want the client to be able to access the files directly from the folder although he should be able to access the files locally using a browser.
I was thinking if there is a way to hide files from everybody or better still a folder lock which can be only accessed using a password and non password when accessed through the browser.
I can't seem to figure a better solution after a lot of research, I would be grateful if somebody with an idea on this can help. Thanks so much for helping

A: the answer to this has multiple facets :

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*to protect the files from being modified / moved, you should probably manage the file permissions (and avoid giving your client the root password)

*if it's the code you're worried about (i.e. you don't want the client to see / modify the code the code), you should look for code obfuscation tools (look here :
Is there a code obfuscator for PHP?)

*you'll have to trust your client at some stage .. and if this can not be achieved then you will have to get a new client at some stage :)

A: There are a few options:

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*Use standard permissions (use chmod). Set www-data as owner of directory. Do not allow anyone else access to the directory.

*Use standard permissions (use chmod). Set yourself as owner of directory. Set group to www-data. Do not allow anyone else access to the directory.

*Install the acl package to give you more fine-tuned permissions as to allow you to specify permission levels for various users and groups. (use setfacl). I tend to prefer this option if I have multiple groups needing various permission to a directory.

A: Would be really strange if the client did not have at least sudo rights to his own local environment.
If the client has root access or is in the sudoers file it will not be a solution to change ownership nor file permission for the files.
If the client is in the sudoers file he can simple do a sudo passwd root to change the root password or he can do a sudo chown -R client:www-data /var/www/website to gain access to the files regardless of the permissions (which he of course also could easily change anyways).
As Bart suggest Ioncube could be a possible solution if you want to encrypt your files.


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Irish SMEs have lost over €10bn due to Covid-19
Irish SMEs have lost more than €10bn in revenue as a result of the economic disruption caused by Covid-19, according to new estimates by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).
In a financial stability note published today, the CBI estimated revenue shortfalls across the SME sector range between €10.3bn and €11.7bn, putting many small businesses in financial distress.
While the bank said that many of these firms will be viable over the medium term, additional loan forbearance and restructuring may be required to help them trade through the current disruption.
It said that businesses could cover their shortfalls with a combination of cash reserves, credit facilities, new borrowing, cost cuts, and government support such as grants, reliefs and guaranteed loans. The report noted that wage subsidies alone will provide more than €5bn in fiscal support to SMEs by March 2021
The Central Bank warned, however, that policymakers should "prepare for the likelihood that some SMEs are unlikely to survive this shock".
The report was published the day after system-wide payment breaks for SME loans expired, leaving firms to negotiate any further lender support on a case-by-case basis.
Irish Independent, 01 October 2020
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Bio::SeqIO::agave - AGAVE sequence output stream.
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Args     : Reference to scalar holding the line to be parsed.
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Function : Parse the data between the <annotations></annotations> tags.
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- Reference to scalar holding the line to be parsed.
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attributes and their values in the data structure.
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the tags into the data structure.
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Real news: Liberal media positively giddy when president gets COVID-19
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President Donald Trump gives thumbs up from the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for ... more >
By Joseph Curl - - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
President Trump is back in the White House — sleeping in his own bed, as he greatly prefers — after a bout with COVID-19.
But it's worth taking a look back at the media's absolutely gleeful coverage of the president contracting a virus that can be deadly for people older than 70.
The mainstream media wasted no time hammering Mr. Trump, who has often bristled at wearing a mask (remember, a mask isn't to protect the wearers, just the people around them, but the MSM doesn't care about that little fact).
To many "journalists," Mr. Trump simply had it coming.
"I look at this as a drunk driver who injured himself in a wreck, and killed the oncoming sober driver," MSNBC political analyst Rick Tyler said Saturday on the network's "Politics Nation" show, according to a great list compiled by NewsBusters.
"Donald Trump has injured himself, and injured, and 200,000 people, other drivers, have died due to the coronavirus. So I don't have sympathy for Donald Trump. He put himself in the situation," Mr. Tyler said.
CBS "This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason said Friday: "The president seemed to be flirting with the coronavirus by not wearing a mask and going to big rallies."
Senior political analyst John Dickerson then chimed in with this: "The president has downplayed the virus, he's mocked mask wearing as recently as in the debate. And yet, the pandemic is relentless and does not care where it goes … it keeps that issue right at the center of the campaign, and the president's response to it, which is not something that he wants at the center of the campaign because the polls have consistently shown that the country is disappointed with his handling of the issue."
Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley weighed in Friday on CNN's "The Situation Room," saying "it has to be a humiliation for this president who's been … almost mocking the mask wearing public and here he is hobbling to the hospital on Marine One having to wear a mask. And in many ways, you know, it will be part of the narrative, this sort of grand medical humiliation he has had."
Ah, a "grand medical humiliation" for the president. All Americans can cheer that, right?
It was the giddiness that was most glaring. Remember, this is the president of the United States we're talking about — and last time I checked, we're all Americans, whether we voted for the president or not.
"The president has been saying that he's going to keep Americans safe and at this point he hasn't been able to keep himself safe," MSNBC contributor Yamiche Alcindor said gleefully Friday.
Said Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame, appearing Saturday on CNN's "Newsroom": "His response has been homicidal negligence. He has failed to protect the American people and rather to put his own interest of re-election and holding on to the office of the presidency in front of the health and well-being of the American people. And what we are seeing in this last week is the same thing. This willingness, this negligence, even as he himself has become stricken with this horrible disease, [has put] his interest in front of the country's for purposes of his election."
One "journalist" went so far as to say Mr. Trump is likely responsible for the death of 160,000 Americans.
"Had the president treated this pandemic the way, for example, [Chancellor] Angela Merkel did in Germany, we could have as few as 40,000 deaths right now had we taken this seriously. We didn't take it seriously largely because the president of the United States didn't take it seriously," said HuffPost White House Correspondent S.V. Date.
But these weren't even the really bad ones. Others went further. "I hope he dies," Zara Rahim, a former Barack Obama administration official who also worked on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, wrote on Twitter after the news emerged that Trump had tested positive.
Writer Alex Blagg went further in a Twitter post about Mr. Trump and one of his campaign aides Hope Hicks, who also contracted the virus.
"Just a quick note of support for Hope Hicks and President Trump. I hope they both die."
Film director Michael Bonfiglio tweeted: "I hope Trump's diagnosis wakes his supporters up to the reality of the pandemic and also that it makes him suffer and die."
When word emerged Monday that Mr. Trump had been successfully treated and would be returning home to the White House, there were few words of encouragement offered by Mr. Trump's critics. Instead of rejoicing that the president did not die, most stayed mum.
But Mr. Trump himself told Americans in a Twitter post Monday that he was "Feeling really good!" as he offered some advice.
"Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!" he wrote.
• Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com and on Twitter @josephcurl.


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Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria Huysmans (* 29. April 1902 in Eindhoven, Provinz Nordbrabant; † 18. März 1948 in Den Haag) war ein niederländischer Bankmanager und Politiker der Roomsch-Katholieke Staatspartij (RKSP) sowie seit dem 22. Dezember 1945 der Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP), der mehrere Jahre Direktor der Coöperatieve Centrale Boerenleenbank war. Er war im letzten Kriegskabinett, dem dritten Kabinett von Ministerpräsident Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Finanzminister sowie im ersten Kabinett von Ministerpräsident Louis Beel vom 3. Juli 1946 bis zum 14. Januar 1948 Wirtschaftsminister war. Als Minister setzte er den Bankrat ein und legte einen Gesetzentwurf zur Stellung des Zentralen Planungsbüros vor. Dabei trat er für eine geringere staatliche Regulierung als sein Vorgänger Hein Vos von der Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA).

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Studium und Bankmanager
Huysmans, Sohn eines Zigarrenfabrikanten, begann nach dem Besuch des römisch-katholischen Sint Canisius College in Nijmegen ein Studium der Handelsbetriebslehre an der Niederländischen Wirtschaftshochschule Rotterdam (Nederlandse Handels-Hoogeschool), das er am 17. Oktober 1924 beendete. Anschließend begann er seine berufliche Laufbahn mit einem Volontariat bei der Incasso Bank in Den Haag. Am 25. März 1926 schloss er seine Promotion zum Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Niederländischen Wirtschaftshochschule Rotterdam mit der Dissertation Termijnhandel in valuta ab, in der er sich mit Termingeschäften befasste.

Anschließend war Huysmans zwischen 1926 und 1927 Prokurist der Nationalen Bankenvereinigung in Den Haag sowie im Anschluss von 1927 bis 1932 Direktor des Büros der Nationalen Bankenvereinigung in Heerlen. Danach fungierte er zwischen 1932 und 1945 als Direktor der Coöperatieve Centrale Boerenleenbank in Eindhoven. Für seine Verdienste wurde ihm am 31. Mai 1939 das Offizierskreuz des Orden von Oranien-Nassau verliehen.

Finanz- und Wirtschaftsminister
Am 23. Februar 1945 wurde Huysmans von Ministerpräsident Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy als Finanzminister (Minister van Financiën) in dessen drittes Kabinett berufen. Er übte dieses Amt im letzten Kriegskabinett des Zweiten Weltkrieges bis zum 25. Juni 1945 aus. Danach war er Mitglied des Vorstands des Zentrums für staatsbürgerliche Bildung (Centrum voor Staatkundige Vorming), dem wissenschaftlichen Zentrum der KVP. Zugleich war er vom 1. November 1945 bis zum 3. Juli 1946 Geschäftsführer und Vorstandsvorsitzender der Finanzierungsgesellschaft (N.V. Maatschappij tot Financiering) der Nederlandse Herstelbank.

Zuletzt wurde Huysmans am 3. Juli 1946 von Ministerpräsident Louis Beel in dessen erstes Kabinett berufen, in dem er bis zu seiner Ablösung durch Sicco Mansholt am 14. Juni 1948 das Amt des Wirtschaftsministers (Minister van Economische Zaken) bekleidete. Als Minister setzte er den Bankrat ein und legte einen Gesetzentwurf zur Stellung des Zentralen Planungsbüros vor. Dabei trat er für eine geringere staatliche Regulierung als sein Vorgänger Hein Vos von der Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA). Des Weiteren wurde ihm am 21. Januar 1947 auch das Ritterkreuz des Orden vom Niederländischen Löwen verliehen.

Aus seiner am 13. September 1927 in Tilburg geschlossenen Ehe mit Maria Anna Cornelia Jacoba Janssens gingen zwei Töchter und zwei Söhne hervor.

Veröffentlichung
 Termijnhandel in valuta, Dissertation, 1926

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Will Rafa be ready to defend his French Open after what you saw in Chile?
He has three months to get ready, which should be enough time to get those legs conditioned and firing on all cylinders. At least, that's what I think. True, he looked a little sluggish. His serve and forehand were without the trademark bounding zing. But I have faith he will get the package put together in time.
Agassi and Wilander believe it will take until 2014 for Nadal to resume his former level. Are the tour veterans right on this one, or are they underestimating Rafa's willpower? What do you think?
I agree with you Tim. I think he will be ready. I actually hope he skips the US hard court swing so he can focus on getting "clay ready". I would rather that he skip and get ready, than take a chance and injure his knees more. He will get there. He told everyone to be patient and not judge him in his first tourney back. (Which is exactly what everyone did anyway.) He will return in time.
Seems like you were right!!
Well Agassi knows best when getting off drugs how long it takes to get back to your former glory.
The accusations are rampant these days.
Back to Tim's question - I would have agreed with A and W, but after seeing his recent work, Rafa will be ready for the French. I'd say he is the second favorite after the Djoker.


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Home/Business News/Gilead acquires $ 21 billion in most cancers drug maker Immunomedics
Gilead acquires $ 21 billion in most cancers drug maker Immunomedics
A Gilead Sciences scientist analyzes patient antibody levels at Gilead's laboratory in Foster City, California.
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Gilead Sciences will acquire $ 21 billion worth of biotech company Immunomedics to increase the availability of cancer treatments through Gilead, the companies said on Sunday.
The deal will give Gilead access to the drug Trodelvy, an FDA-cleared treatment for metastatic triple negative breast cancer.
Gilead said it will acquire Immunomedics for $ 88 per share in cash. The offering is funded by approximately $ 15 billion in cash on hand and $ 6 billion in newly issued debt. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the statement.
"This acquisition represents a significant step forward in Gilead's work in building a strong and diverse oncology portfolio," said Daniel O'Day, chief executive of Gilead, in a statement.
"Trodelvy is an approved transforming drug for a type of cancer that is particularly difficult to treat," said O & # 39; Day. "We will now continue to explore its potential for treating many other cancers, both as monotherapy and in combination with other treatments."
Immunomedics is valued at around $ 10 billion after the company's shares nearly doubled this year.
The deal comes about as Gilead's hepatitis C business has struggled in recent years and overall sales have plummeted as the coronavirus pandemic weakens demand for some drugs. Gilead revenue declined 10% to $ 5.1 billion in the second quarter.
In the past few years, biotech companies have been deeply involved in cancer treatments. According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, killing nearly 10 million people in 2018.
Gilead recently turned its attention to the pandemic. In May, the Food and Drug Administration granted Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir an emergency approval that allows hospitals and doctors to use the drug on patients hospitalized for Covid-19, even though the drug was not officially approved by the agency . The intravenous drug has helped shorten the recovery time for some hospital patients.
An inhaled version of the drug is currently being developed that is administered via a nebulizer, a delivery device that can turn liquid drugs into mist.
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import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import nizomjon.rxconnection.ConnectionManager;
import nizomjon.rxconnection.StatusView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements StatusView.TimerListener {

    StatusView statusView;
    TextView networkStatus;

    ConnectionManager connectionManager;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        statusView = (StatusView) findViewById(R.id.status);
        networkStatus = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.networkStatus);

        connectionManager = new ConnectionManager.Builder()
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        statusView.setOnTimeChangeListener(this);

    }

    View.OnClickListener retryClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
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            statusView.cancel();
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                statusView.setStartCount(2);
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    @Override
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        super.onResume();
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    @Override
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    @Override
    public void timeOnChanged(boolean isFinished) {
            statusView.continueTimer();
    }

    @Override
    public void connectedToNetwork() {

        // Do some tasks
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Tag Archives: No No: A Dockumentary
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There aren't many documentaries about individual baseball players, at least if you don't count the ones I don't see that probably air on cable TV. No No: A Dockumentary is a recent theatrical release, but probably won't be seen by a whole lot of people due to its niche subject matter, detailing the life of one of the most colorful players of the 1970s, Dock Ellis. I saw it last night at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and it does a pretty good job of covering the mercurial career of a good-but-not-great pitcher who's still most notorious for proclaiming he threw a no-hitter under the influence of LSD.
Dock Ellis, as he looked around the time he threw a no-hitter in 1970.
The highlights of Dock's career – that 1970 no-hitter, his unabashed use of drugs and drink, wearing curlers in his hair on the field, getting into conflicts with the baseball establishment for his outspoken opinions on racial injustice, starting the 1971 All-Star game for the National League, and his post-baseball life as a drug counselor – are fairly well known to serious baseball fans. They're decently Doc-umented in No No (with a good soundtrack of obscure vintage soul-funk), so this post will focus on some of the more surprising things that cropped up in my viewing.
With the passage of decades since Dock's heyday, other players from the era are also becoming frank about the widespread drug use within the game. Fans already knew it existed after pitcher Jim Bouton wrote about the ingestion of amphetamines, known within baseball as "greenies," in his classic Ball Four diary of the 1969 season. That was one of many things about the book that infuriated the baseball establishment, but in retrospect, it seems that if anything, Bouton might have toned down the reality of the situation. After all, he felt their benefits were limited, making you think as though you had better stuff than you did, and didn't quite state that virtually every player used them.
But in No No, a number of other players (and quite a few, interestingly, are interviewed throughout the film) from Dock's time do. They even give percentages. One, pitcher Scipio Spinks (one of the great baseball names) — a very promising hurler who won just seven games in a career cut short by injury — even put the percentage of users at 95 or 96 percent. There's been much outrage over steroid use by ballplayers (and other athletes) in the early twenty-first century, but this reminds us that the history of drug use in the sport far predates our own era, and was not just present, but prevalent.
Scipio Spinks, owner of one of professional sport's greatest names, though not one of baseball's greatest lifetime records (7 wins, 11 losses).
Ellis, however, was an outsize drug user even by these standards. He claimed to have even taken sixteen or seventeen pills at once. No harm done if he wasn't a pusher, some might say; his two wives, both victims of horrifying instances of domestic abuse, would say otherwise. When he was on these substances, observes one of his spouses, "I think he thought he was taking them over, but it was the other way around" — one of the most concise, on-target summaries of drug abuse I've ever heard.
Despite and sometimes because of his excesses, Dock was generally beloved by his teammates, friends, and family. The early-to-mid-1970s Oakland A's are generally remembered as the most colorful of the period's major league teams, but this movie also reminds us that the Pittsburgh Pirates gave them a run for their money. Pitcher Bruce Kison even goes as far as to remark that Pirates hated getting traded away because it was so boring being on other teams. (For a good portrait of the young Kison – speeding to his wedding just hours after helping the Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1971 World Series, Santana blasting on the car stereo – see the chapter on Bruce in Pat Jordan's fine book The Suitors of Spring.)
Pat Jordan's 1972 The Suitors of Spring collected profiles of various major and minor league players and coaches, mostly pitchers, including a young Bruce Kison.
The Pirates were also notable for not just featuring more blacks than most teams, but fielding the first all-black lineup in major league baseball history on September 1, 1971. A few of the Pirates remember the occasion in No No, one of them claiming that the Buccos fell behind 7-0 in the first inning, not even thinking about the all-black personnel as they needed all their focus to pull out a 9-7 win. That wasn't quite how it happened: they did fall behind to the Phillies (with Ellis on the mound) 2-0 and 6-5 in the early innings, but did indeed win 10-7. And they won the World Series the next month, though Ellis was sidelined by an arm injury after losing the first game.
Not everyone was as enamored of Ellis as his fellow Pirates, all of whom (including Kison, Steve Blass, Al Oliver, Gene Clines, and Dave Cash) speak of him in glowing terms in No No. Texas Rangers catcher Jim Sundberg's impression of Ellis when the pitcher was on other teams: "I don't want to meet him in an alleyway." After Ellis was traded to the Rangers, Sundberg, who did not indulge in drug use, kept their relationship strictly professional.
The mid-'70s Cincinnati Reds probably held no great love for Dock either. In an incident almost notorious as his LSD no-hitter, he began the first inning of a May 1, 1974 game against the Big Red Machine by intentionally hitting the first three batters. Joe Morgan, it's remembered, thought Ellis wouldn't hit him because Morgan was a "brother." On the mound, though, all opponents were equal, Ellis plunking Morgan when the Hall of Famer took his turn at bat. Dock went on to walk Tony Perez with the bases loaded before getting removed from the game.
As an aside, one of the oddest things about No No is its use of clips from a way-obscure promo film of the early 1980s, Dugout. Though it's hard to tell from the brief excerpts, it seems to have been a short designed to scare Little Leaguers away from drugs. Ellis doesn't appear in it, but, even more unexpectedly, Bo Belinsky — another talented pitcher who threw a no-hitter early in his career — does. Unlike Ellis, Belinsky never had much other success in the big leagues, finishing with a 28-51 lifetime record. Despite that 1962 no-hitter for the Los Angeles Angels (as they were called then), Belinsky was regarded as never fulfilling his potential, largely in part not to drug use, but to being a playboy, dating Mamie Van Doren (to whom he was briefly engaged), Ann-Margret, Connie Stevens, and Tina Louise, as well as marrying Playboy Playmate of the Year Jo Collins.
Bo Belinsky, a better playboy than a pitcher.
From what little we see of Belinsky in the excerpts from Dugout used in No No, he seems to be warning kids away from drugs, in the wooden manner common to charismatic non-actor celebrities. The kids seem to be taking his cautions seriously, but here's betting that no one could successfully warn aspiring big leaguers to stay away from the likes of Ann-Margret and Tina Louise. As it happens, Pat Jordan's The Suitors of Spring also has a fascinating profile of Belinsky, who seemed to living it up just as hard right after getting out of the big leagues as he did in his brief peak.
Like Ellis, Belinsky would become a counselor (for alcohol abuse). One of Ellis's clients, if that's the right word, came as a surprise to me. Texas Rangers owner Brad Corbett, Sr., as his son reveals in the movie, was an alcoholic. Ellis remained friendly with Corbett after his brief time in Rangers uniform, and helped Corbett with his drink problem, Dock spending (according to at least one account in the film) almost all of his post-baseball life sober before his death in 2008.
It was a productive comeback of sorts considering how poorly Ellis, like many athletes, handled the sudden loss of his skills and end of his career. I'd forgotten that Dock briefly returned to the Pirates to finish his career at the end of 1979. The Pirates were fighting for a playoff spot (which they got, going on to win the World Series), and picked up Ellis with just a week or so to go in the season. He didn't pitch too badly in his three games and seven innings, going four frames and getting a no-decision in the one game he did start, the second game of a September 24 doubleheader. (I'm guessing that doubleheader is probably the reason he got picked up, to make an emergency start to help out a heavily worked staff.) He confessed to Bruce Kison, however, that his arm was shot, and never appeared in a big league game after the regular schedule was over, being ineligible for the postseason roster. A five-hour session of abusing his second wife — including holding a gun in her mouth, and afterward demanding she have sex with him — was, she says in the film, fallout from his anger over getting released shortly afterward.
Lots of athletes have similarly ugly falls from grace when the cheering stops, even in a time when high salaries would seem to make post-career financial security a given. Not many athletes make something from themselves after the worst of it, as Ellis did, judging from that documentary. Which might have been the greatest saving grace of a man who, in another of the film's surprises, received a letter of admiration from Jackie Robinson shortly before Robinson's early-'70s death. In many respects, Robinson was not nearly as controversial a figure; he was not a substance abuser, did not call attention to himself with antics like wearing hair curlers on the field, and even supported the Republican Party after his playing days had finished. In those ways, they weren't kindred spirits. But in refusing to back down against a world in which racial discrimination was too prevalent, they were very much united.
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Five Disability and Chronic Illness Influencers You Need to Follow Right Now! | Rosie Abigail
November 24, 2021 August 2, 2022 Categories Chronic IllnessChronic Illness, chronic illness awareness, disability, featured, five disability and chronic illness influencers you need to follow right now, influencers, Lifestyle, pcos, wellbeing, wellness6 Comments on Five Disability and Chronic Illness Influencers You Need to Follow Right Now! | Rosie Abigail
I did something game changing this year. I Marie Kondo'd my social media.
I got rid of anyone and any brand that made me feel low, jealous, worthless, like I should be spending money, like I'm not good enough, or that I'm not living up to my expectations. You don't spark joy? Be gone. Any hint of negativity? Sashay away. On paper, I know that doesn't sound game changing, but oh it is. Social media is such an unavoidable part of the world nowadays, and it's common knowledge that it plays into feelings of low self-worth, especially in terms of body confidence or neutrality. But now, I have control over what I consume. Right now, I'm consuming positivity, reality, and my interests, and this has made a huge change in my mental wellbeing. Ain't no negativity allowed here.
Taking of Insta, here's some recent snaps from my own Insta!
In removing those people who don't spark joy, I've noticed some trends pop up in the type of content creator I follow. Amongst the artists, bookstagrammers, fashion icons, YouTubers, and authors, I follow lots of disability and chronic illness advocates. As someone who lives with chronic illnesses and has for quite some time, it's unsurprising! To paraphrase 'art imitates life', I guess 'people-who-you-look-up-to-online imitates life'? The world of disability and chronic illness can be a scary one and has been hit very hard by the "wellness" industry, and the idea of ~being inspirational~, doing things 'despite' being ill/disabled/unwell. Nah. I'm not about that life or those beliefs. I am all about the normalisation of disability and chronic conditions; living with chronic illness, not despite it; discussing the realities. And you know what? The content creators I follow are the same. I would even say these content creators have helped to shape the beliefs I have.
So, with that in mind, let me tell you the top five content creators who just so happen to be disabled or chronically ill, that leave my online world a more positive, encouraging, and realistic place.
Hannah Witton @hannahwitton
It is by no means an exaggeration when I say Hannah Witton saved me from slipping into a dark and depressive place.
Hannah Witton on Instagram
A few years ago, I was in and out of hospital and doctor's appointments with intense stomach pain, swelling, and bleeding, and the doctors settled on a high probability of me having either Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis. In fact, it was a mis-diagnosis of what turned out to be poly-cystic ovarian syndrome. However, amidst all the booking of tests and appointments, I was never given any true discussion on what living with either Crohn's or Colitis was truly like. I was only told the outcomes. The operations. The medications. With no definitive answer to my condition and all of these fear-inducing, poorly explained terms being thrown about, I could feel my depression getting a hold of me. Then, along came Instagram.
I was scrolling through an Ulcerative Colitis charity page, my anxious brain fixating on getting as much information as I could, and I spotted someone I recognised from my days of being a British superfan of the golden age of YouTube – Hannah Witton. Hannah is a sex and relationship content creator with a sprinkling of style and bookish chat, but it was her content and videos on living with Ulcerative Colitis that changed everything for me. Hannah has had UC since she was a child, but had emergency surgery for it in 2018, and now lives her best life with a stoma bag and UC. Her videos on living with the autoimmune condition both pre-stoma and post-stoma are sensational. I was getting told things from the doctors that shook me to my core and yet here was a young woman just like me, living a positive and full life with those conditions. Hannah's honesty and reality of her situation made me so much less scared of any diagnosis that was coming my way. Perhaps the most important thing Hannah showed me? I can be sexy and intelligent and proactive whilst living with a chronic illness, something that I didn't think was possible for me. But now look at me – sexy, intelligent, proactive, and chronically ill.
Hannah's Instagram is always a highlight when it pops up on my feed. It's bright, funny, sexy, and informative. She's even going through a pregnancy journey which is a joy to see unfold, especially as she has poly-cystic ovaries and has been sharing her struggles online. Just loverly.
Lauren "Lolo" Spencer @itslololove
Lauren is a new follow in the mix for me but what a joy she is! Actually, she is the inspiration behind this blog post. I came across Lauren when I was reading up on Mindy Kaling's new HBO series The Sex Lives of College Girls. I saw an image of Lauren playing the character Jocelyn and my brain went off. "Disability representation in an HBO series? Wait wait wait – realistic disability representation via a disabled black actress on our screens? YES PLEASE." And so began my introduction to the world of Lauren "Lolo" Spencer.
Lauren is an actor, model, influencer, producer – she can do it all. She also lives with ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the spinal cord and causes issues with muscle control.
Lauren "Lolo" Spencer on Instagram
On Instagram, Lauren is a tri-force: one part lewks, one part vibes, one part calling out ableism. She has her own production company called Sitting Pretty, and makes incredible direct-to-camera videos with the company that have me hooked each time she posts them. In these videos, she talks about the stupidity of others that comes with being disabled, and the things that non-disabled people would consider ableism. One of my favourite videos discusses how she visited an 'accessible' restaurant, when in fact, their idea of accessibility was having to take Lauren through the back of the building and through the working, busy kitchen to get her to a table. As well as humour-tinted stories that hit you with the truth, Lauren talks bluntly and honestly about disability rights. No topic is off limits and she says what needs to be said.
Whilst being a disability advocate, Lauren also is serving looks every day over on her Instagram. She provides glimpses of what it is like to be an actress and a model in this modern world, and brings light and colour to my social media feed.
Autumn @theliteraryheroine
I came across Autumn (a.k.a @theliteraryheroine) as an advocate by a happy accident! At the start of the pandemic, I was finding a lot of solace in books and literature, so I drifted over to the #bookstagram side of Instagram. I followed everyone whose aesthetic was gorgeous or whoever gave good book recommendations or anyone who was popular in that community. I soon learnt that some areas of the bookish community should be avoided – there was a lot of book slander, performative activism, and not a lot of diversity. So, as quickly as I followed, I had to go on a little unfollowing spree. However, a few folks remained, including Autumn. First off, Autumn's bookish content is great. Their recommendations are top notch and the images they share are just goooorgeous (well, if you love books that is). Secondly, their honesty and openness with the trials of getting diagnosed with a chronic illness is so important to see.
Autumn a.k.a theliteraryheroine
Whilst I am not sure if Autumn has received any diagnosis yet (nor do they need to tell anyone), their Instagram and Stories show that they live with Type 1 Diabetes, migraines, and chronic pain. But it was documenting their journey to get treatment on Stories that really made me realise what an incredible person they are to have on social media. They've travelled miles and miles for treatment for pain, discussed the realities of not being believed by doctors, and documented the struggle that can happen when you are chronically ill in a workplace made for 'well' people. As well as baring immense honesty on their Stories, the inclusion of chronic pain into the world of bookstagram should be celebrated.
I love the images of them wearing their ice-pack on their head whilst reading and the pictures of their mobility aids with their TBR piles. Personally, my favourite thing is when they discuss 'meatloaf brain'! I always struggle to describe the days when my hormonal condition messes up my brain and 'meatloaf brain' is the perfect descriptor. It's so simple, but they make me feel seen and understood!
As someone who (loosely) partakes in bookstagram, what Autumn offers the community is wonderful. Whilst I mostly love bookstagram, it can turn into an unhealthy space of expectation. Just see how many people say 'look at how many books I've read this week!' and 'if you don't make time to read each day then do you even love literature?'. It can make you feel guilty, very quickly. What Autumn offers the community is a passion for literature without the toxic positivity, and by simply putting on their ice-pack and talking about meatloaf brain in this space, they are making the space more inclusive.
Charleigh Victory @charrvictory
Charleigh is the kind of influencer I could never be, and I mean that as a compliment. Just look at her Instagram! She has an effortless colour theme, creates wearable yet fashionable looks, and has got Reels down to a tee. Simply scroll through her grid page and you'll see what I mean. But if you look a little bit closer, you'll find out that Charleigh lives with multiple sclerosis, Grave's disease, and endometriosis. Multiple sclerosis, MS, is a condition that can affect the central nervous system and as the NHS puts it, can include "problems with vision, arm or leg movement, sensation or balance." Grave's disease involves the thyroid – the immune system attacks the thyroid, making it overactive. An overactive thyroid can lead to a variety of symptoms, from muscle weakness and swelling in the neck, to palpitations and weight loss. Finally, endometriosis is a condition related to the womb where tissue grows in excess places such as the ovaries, and can cause immense pain.
Charleigh Victory on Instagram
What I love about following Charleigh online (well, apart from what I've already raved about) is that I think she's the future of influence-ing. Not only does she create the positive content you expect from a lifestyle influencer (hair care routines, style, brand deals) but she integrates it so seamlessly into living with chronic illness. In the same post that she showcases a beautiful fit from ASOS, she'll update us on her latest brain scans, talking about the realities of fatigue, and how getting over something as 'simple' of a cold can be so tough for someone with autoimmune complications. It's just so exciting to me that so many people will be learning about the realities of chronic illness and disabilities through following her! I've said it once and I'll say it again; Charleigh is the future of influence-ing.
Lucy May Dawson @luudaw
I'll be honest, Twitter is not my favourite social media form; too many Nazi's and right-wing activists not getting banned for my liking. But I do have to thank it for one thing – introducing me to Lucy May Dawson. A few months ago, the hashtag '#babeswithmobilityaids' was all over my feed, stemming from a photoshop featuring disabled models, including Lucy May Dawson.
As a university student, Lucy was incorrectly placed under psychiatric care, when she was actually suffering with a rare brain disease called encephalitis. It was during this incorrect care that Lucy had a seizure, fell on a radiator pipe, and suffered a burn so deep that she is now permanently disabled. Eventually, she was correctly diagnosed and her encephalitis was treated. In all honesty, I think her Insta bio sums it up and her attitude perfectly; "had a rare brain disease, almost died, became disabled by accident, got a degree, became a model?, laughed x". In regards to social media, not just the disabled and chronic illness community, Lucy is a breath of fresh air.
Lucy May Dawson on Instagram
Lucy May Dawson has taught me something so incredibly important: the importance of 'and'. You can be sexy and disabled. We are all more than one word, whatever that word is. On social media, Lucy shows that to the world and I love it. Also, she will not be taking any body shaming or ableism in any way, shape, or form, thank you very much. Whether that's a "omg stop showing your skin" or "I only see an amazing woman, not a disabled woman", it's not welcome in her online presence. We should all learn from her. An icon.
If you haven't got your phone out and followed these content creators yet, then what are you waiting for? You can pause reading this for a moment to go and follow them, I don't mind. Oh, and if you are looking for one more chronic illness content creator, why don't you check out my Instagram? Seeing how much these five incredible people have had an effect on my life simply by advocating for their conditions and disabilities has made me realise the importance of representing mine.
Honestly, I would suggest to anyone reading this to fully Marie Kondo your social media and fill it with people and ideas that make you happy, that make you tick. It just so happens that these five creators do exactly that for me. Do you have any favourite content creators that I should add to my list? I'd love to know!
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lifeofmorag says:
I absolutely love this post. Thank you so much for sharing. I was following some of these guys already but some were new. It is so refreshing to see chronically ill folks thriving.
Ahh thank you! ✨ I 100% agree
This is such a great post! You really are so so talented when it comes to writing, Rosie!
AHH JANET! Thank you so much! ✨
amymayj says:
Love this! These sound like some amazing accounts to follow and it's so refreshing to see that these people and so many others refuse to let a chronic illness hold them back! Thank you for sharing! x
Thank you ✨ They are all such wonderful accounts to follow!