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Q: Using a shared table for ElementCollection in MappedSuperclass I have a MappedSuperclass where I also store a collection like so:
@Data
@MappedSuperclass
public abstract class EntityMetaData {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Long id;

    @Column(length = 150, nullable = false)
    private String runId;

    @CollectionTable
    @ElementCollection(fetch = EAGER)
    @MapKeyColumn(length = 50)
    Map<String, String> extraFields;
}

Now as I would expect I get for every inherited Entity a separate table:
+-----------------------------+
| Tables_in_foo3              |
+-----------------------------+
| account_list                |
| account_list_extra_fields   |
| score_list                  |
| score_list_extra_fields     |
+-----------------------------+

So my question is I there is a way where I only have one "extra_fields" table which is shared among all entities.
EDIT 1:
I have tried to use the table name attribute @CollectionTable(name = "extra_fields") which is indeed a table name and not just a postfix. So now I have one shared table but I still have one ID column for each entity:
MariaDB [(none)]> desc foo3.extra_fields;
+------------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field                  | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| score_list_id          | bigint(20)   | NO   | MUL | NULL    |       |
| a_string               | varchar(255) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| extra_fields_key       | datetime     | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
| account_list_id        | bigint(20)   | NO   | MUL | NULL    |       |
+------------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

However this is now not woring as we can not store one Entity without providing all the ids. I.e. storing a score entity is throwng the exception Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Field 'account_list_entity_id' doesn't have a default value. Is there a way to have one unique ID for all Entities and only one "entity_id" as join key?
EDIT 2:
I have added joinColumns=@JoinColumn(name = "id", referencedColumnName = "id")  which is working but now I need a global unique Id for all entities not only per entity table. But when I now use UUIDs this realy makes ad-hoc queries difficult:
@Id
@GeneratedValue(generator = "uuid2")
@GenericGenerator(name = "uuid2", strategy = "uuid2")
@Column(columnDefinition = "BINARY(16)")
private UUID id;

As id columns now look like this:
| id               |
+------------------+
| �N����E���%�_o�� |

Can I have a more readable UUID like a plain number? Or can I use an extra column for the id's origin (table)?

A: Actually the solution is to use the Inheritance strategy JOINED.
@Data
@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
public abstract class EntityMetaData {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Long id;

    @Column(length = 150, nullable = false)
    private String traceId;

    @CollectionTable(name = "unknown_fields", joinColumns=@JoinColumn(name = "id", referencedColumnName = "id"))
    @ElementCollection(fetch = EAGER)
    @MapKeyColumn(length = 50)
    Map<String, String> unknown;

}

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Ulf Poschardt, full-time Deputy Editor of Die Welt and Welt am Sonntag and long-time 911 driver has written a new book on the Porsche 911. Titled simply '911', it sounds rather fascinating. I swapped some Facebook messages on the Ferdinand page with Ulf yesterday, and he shared the purpose of this work.
"It's a cultural & social history of the Porsche 911," says Ulf. "I have driven a 911 every day since the age of 23 – now more than 23 years. That time has allowed me to reflect on how and why this sports car became a symbol of German modernism after World War II, as well as a manifesto for individualism and a masterpiece in engineering culture.
Renowned Stuttgart publishing house, Klett-Cotta, is initially publishing the book in German only. Ulf hopes that an English version will follow, and I would certainly be interested in reading it. Of all the 911 books released to coincide with the car's 50th anniversary, this one piques most interest.
I once took the EB Motorsport Porsche 911 ST built by Tuthills to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, to consider the question "was the 911 part of Germany's peace offering after the war?" It led to great discussion with citizens who endured concentrated bombing through the Coventry Blitz, which wiped out the ancient cathedral.
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Q: In the complete graph with n vertices, all edges are colored in three colors.
In the complete graph with $n$ vertices, all edges are colored in three colors. Prove that exists a monochromatic connected subgraph with at least $\frac{n}{2}$ vertices.

I got this task in math contest.
I know that
$$|E| = \frac{n(n-1)}{2}$$
and amount of edges of complete graph with $\frac{n}{2}$ vertices is
$$|E'| = \frac{(\frac{n}{2})(\frac{n}{2} - 1)}{2}$$
Also if $k_i$ - amount of edges with color number $i$, then
$$k_1 + k_2 + k_3 = |E| \Rightarrow \exists k_i: k_i \ge \frac{n(n-1)}{6}$$
So I can prove that
$$k_i \ge |E'|$$
But this statement doesn't solve the task.

A: Lemma: Let $K_{m, n}$ be the complete bipartite graph on sets of vertices $A$ and $B$ with respective sizes $m$ and $n$. If the edges of $K_{m, n}$ are two-colored, then there is a monochromatic connected subgraph spanning at least $\frac{m+n}{2}$ vertices.
Proof: Call the colors red and blue. Call a vertex red-primary if it has more red than blue edges, blue-primary if it has more blue than red edges, and neutral if the numbers are equal. There are two cases.
Case 1. For some set $X \in \{A, B\}$ and for some color $C \in \{\text{red}, \text{blue}\}$, at least one vertex in $X$ is $C$-primary, and at least $|X|/2$ vertices in $X$ are either $C$-primary or neutral.
Suppose without loss of generality that $A$ has at least one red-primary vertex, and the majority of vertices in $A$ are red-primary or neutral. If $a_1 \in A$ is red-primary and $a_2$ is either red-primary or neutral, then by the pigeonhole principle, some vertex in $B$ has red edges to both $a_1$ and $a_2$. Thus, there is a red connected graph spanning at least any red-primary or neutral vertex in $A$ (which makes up at least half of $A$) and any vertex in $B$ with red edges to any of these vertices (which makes up at least half of $B$, as any single red-primary or neutral vertex has red connections to at least half of the other set).
Case 2. Every vertex is neutral. Then any vertex $A$ has red connections to exactly half the vertices of $B$. Each of those vertices has a red connection to exactly half of $A$ (perhaps a different half each time). This gives us a red monochromatic subgraph.

Now to the main problem. The cases $n = 1, 2, 3, 4$ can be established trivially. The required subgraph for $n = 2m-1$ odd is has the same size as that for $n = 2m$ even, so it suffices to prove the case for odd $n$.
We work by induction, showing that the claim for $n=2m-1$ implies the claim for $n=2m+1$. Let the colors be red, blue, and green, and let $K_{2m+1}$ be a complete edge-3-colored graph on $2m+1$ vertices. By the induction hypothesis, $K_{2m+1}$ has a connected monochromatic (without loss of generality, green) subgraph of $m$ vertices. Let $G$ be this set of vertices, and let $H$ be the rest of $K_{2m+1}$. If any of the edges from $G$ to $H$ is green, then we have a connected green graph of the required size $m+1$. Otherwise, erasing every edge internal to $G$ or to $H$ gives a complete bipartite graph on $m$ and $m+1$ vertices with every edge colored either red or blue, and the lemma guarantees either a red or a blue monochromatic subgraph with the required size.
Remark: It is possible to construct instances in which the given bound is tight. For example, for $n = 4m$ even, one may construct a graph with no monochromatic graph larger than $2n$ by taking four equally sized sets of vertexes $A, B, C, D$ and coloring all edges internal to the sets $A \cup B$ and $C \cup D$ green, edges from $A$ to $C$ or $B$ to $D$ red, and edges from $A$ to $D$ or $B$ to $C$ blue.


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Aja Dang: Blazing a personal path
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Our interview of Aja Dang for "The Creative Influencer" podcast is available today for download on iTunes, Spotify, and premier platforms everywhere.
Aja is a YouTube creator, known for her honest and positive lifestyle vlog and her passion for helping animals. She also co-hosts the podcast "Heavy Topics with Lightweights."
Aja shares her journey from broadcast journalism to lifestyle "journalism" with lots of humor and fun insight along the way.
A transcript of the episode follows:
Jon Pfeiffer: I'm joined today by Aja Dang. Welcome to the podcast.
Aja Dang: Thank you.
Jon Pfeiffer: You quote, work in social media? Correct?
Aja Dang: Yes.
Jon Pfeiffer: And you also have a podcast?
Jon Pfeiffer: Called?
Aja Dang: Called Heavy Topics With Lightweights.
Jon Pfeiffer: And you do it with a partner?
Aja Dang: I do it with my best friend Laura.
Jon Pfeiffer: We are recording this at about 11:10. So we don't have wine. But you have wine. You have a wine on your podcast?
Aja Dang: Yes, we do.
Jon Pfeiffer: How did you come up with that idea?
Aja Dang: I don't know. I think my girlfriend and I have always wanted to do something together, because we work really well together. We went to grad school at USC. And we started off with this environmentally friendly blog called Ecoistas, and it was absolutely terrible.
Jon Pfeiffer: Which I could not find.
Aja Dang: Good. That's the point. We took it off. We still have our Instagram, which is hilarious, but it just didn't work. So we stopped that, but we've always wanted to do something. I told her I'm about 32 and I wanted to do something more. I wanted to kind of leave my mark on society and try to make it better. And we decided on testing out a podcast. We're kind of late to the game, but we just started it and we just wanted to talk to people, who we never would come across or just have conversations about their life.
Jon Pfeiffer: So from the start of the idea of the podcast, until it actually dropped on July 3, how long did it take?
Aja Dang: A year.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then you did a countdown video 31 days to launch?
Jon Pfeiffer: Which was kind of fun to watch.
Aja Dang: Was it?
Jon Pfeiffer: Yeah. Especially having gone through the process-
Aja Dang: The quality wasn't... I exported it wrong, but yeah, I'm glad you found it entertaining.
Jon Pfeiffer: Yeah. Was it your idea or Laura's idea?
Aja Dang: The idea of the name was mine, but together we kind of grew what it is today.
Jon Pfeiffer: Here are a couple things I've gleaned so far.
Aja Dang: Okay.
Jon Pfeiffer: Life is better in your 30s than in your 20s.
Aja Dang: Absolutely.
Jon Pfeiffer: Which we'll come back to. And some of the guests you had... You had a Tantra sex couple?
Aja Dang: Yes. That's one of our, I guess most streamed episodes actually, for obvious reasons.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then you had a, and I may be pronouncing this wrong, but somebody who practices Reiki?
Aja Dang: Reiki, correct. Yep.
Jon Pfeiffer: Which is vibration therapy.
Aja Dang: It's energy healing.
Jon Pfeiffer: Have you had your Reiki done?
Aja Dang: I haven't. I still want to do it. And I was kind of nervous about it. Because I just... I don't know. I guess I kind of misunderstood what it was, but having her tell us what... Francis tell us what it's all about. I still really want to do it.
Jon Pfeiffer: After listening to it, it seemed a lot less "woo woo."
Aja Dang: Yeah, exactly. Right! [Crosstalk 00:02:50].
Jon Pfeiffer: I mean if Tarot could be less "woo woo"... It's like okay.
Aja Dang: Yeah.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then you interviewed a sex worker?
Jon Pfeiffer: Which was fascinating.
Aja Dang: Yes, yes. That was actually the very first person that we knew we wanted to interview, because she's Laura's friend.
Jon Pfeiffer: Before you did your first episode, did you do a practice episode?
Aja Dang: We had our first episode being just talking about our history as friends, but no.
Jon Pfeiffer: Fair enough. I'm always curious when I interview somebody who has a podcast. How do you prepare?
Aja Dang: Well, we don't. We buy wine. And that's really about it. But we're starting to prepare more, because before, I guess the earlier episodes, it was people that we knew. So we didn't necessarily have to prepare. But now we want to talk to people, literally totally new people. So I think in September, we're actually going to be talking to a fox newscaster. And we obviously have to prepare for that. So just as of right now, nothing, but soon to be, we're going to be a little bit more professional.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you listen to the episode before it drops?
Aja Dang: I edit. Yeah, I edit the episodes.
Jon Pfeiffer: So you are the hands on editor?
Aja Dang: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Jon Pfeiffer: And after it drops, do you listen to it again?
Aja Dang: I do. I listen to it as I edit. I listen to it before I export and then I listen to it in the car, when it's live and then that's it.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you have a routine about where you sit versus where Laura's sits? Do you always sit in the same spot?
Aja Dang: It has been. We tend to be on the same side. When we have a guest, we can look at them. But yeah, I think I tend to sit on the left of her actually thinking about it.
Jon Pfeiffer: Are you a podcast consumer?
Aja Dang: I am. Yeah, I'm new to it. I'm very new to it.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's your favorite podcast? Other than yours of course.
Aja Dang: Other than mine is Crime Junkies.
Jon Pfeiffer: I haven't heard of that one.
Aja Dang: It's a true crime podcast.
Jon Pfeiffer: Kind of like My Favorite Murder.
Aja Dang: Yes, yes. I really liked them.
Jon Pfeiffer: Okay, let's turn to social media.
Jon Pfeiffer: Okay. I've heard you say, several times that you hate the term influencer.
Aja Dang: I hate it.
Jon Pfeiffer: You prefer instead that you work in social media.
Aja Dang: When people ask me what I do, I just say I work in social media, and if they want to dive into that more, then I'll explain to them what I do.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do your parents understand what you do?
Aja Dang: No. My mom watches my YouTube videos. And she's like, has a Twitter and I think an Instagram and definitely a Facebook. It's really weird, but my dad has no clue. All he knows is that sometimes he sees my pictures or sometimes his co-workers' daughters follow me, but I don't think he truly understands what's happening.
Jon Pfeiffer: When people ask them what you do, what do they say?
Aja Dang: That's a good question. I should actually ask them. I don't know actually.
Jon Pfeiffer: This started for you about four years ago, the social media stuff?
Aja Dang: I dabbled in it. I think closer to maybe seven years ago, but it didn't start to become my job. Yeah, until recently.
Jon Pfeiffer: But it wasn't always as smooth sailing as somebody from the outside might see.
Aja Dang: No, it never is. Even today it's still not a smooth sailing.
Jon Pfeiffer: I heard you actually say this in an interview, that when you first started social, there was a lot of anxiety involved, just paying your bills.
Aja Dang: Yeah. I mean, I just started making money off of social media. So I came from the broadcast television world, and I was kind of against social media. I thought it was a phase. And I realized it wasn't. I realized that on YouTube, I would have more freedom than if I was working with a network television, and that was kind of my draw to it, to start doing more of it. But yeah, I barely made money for years.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then during this process, you were into visualization?
Aja Dang: I was what?
Jon Pfeiffer: In to visuals, visualization--I can't even pronounce the word. You watched the magic DVD version of The Secret.
Aja Dang: Yeah, I used to watch that all the time. I should actually watch it again. I think, I just, I would fall asleep to it because I wanted to visualize just not living paycheck to paycheck, or just kind of figuring out what my path was. I think that was moreso what the magic was for me, was trying to figure out what I was supposed to do in life, because I was really lost for a really long time.
Jon Pfeiffer: And now you're found.
Aja Dang: -ish! We're getting somewhere. [Laughter]
Jon Pfeiffer: Okay. I told you before we started that I kind of do a deep dive into each guest's social media. There [were] three things that jumped out at me.
Aja Dang: Oh God! [Laughter]
Jon Pfeiffer: No, I mean, Good things.
Aja Dang: Okay, perfect.
Jon Pfeiffer: One, you're socially conscious.
Jon Pfeiffer: There were tweets and retweets about animal rights, climate change.
Aja Dang: Yeah. Twitter has become very political for me.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then there was a tweet, that if you want to limit/ban abortion, you do that by increasing access to affordable health care/birth control and increasing wages for women.
Aja Dang: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Yes.
Jon Pfeiffer: You have a merchandise line, correct?
Aja Dang: I do. Yes.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's it called?
Aja Dang: Well, it doesn't necessarily have a name, because every launch goes to a different organization that I'm passionate about. So my first launch was called Support Your Girls. And proceeds of that went to Planned Parenthood.
Jon Pfeiffer: Why Planned Parenthood?
Aja Dang: I mean, I used to go to Planned Parenthood. When I had no money and no health insurance, that's who I would go to, just for my yearly checkup. So I think that they're being unfairly demonized. And women--it's not just women, I found women, men, children all in the office, when I was there and taking away those access to health care to low income families is just... I don't understand the purpose of that. So that's why Planned Parenthood.
Jon Pfeiffer: Then the second thing I noticed-
Jon Pfeiffer: You have a tweet that says you're unapologetically confident.
Aja Dang: Yes. Wow, I need to go through my tweets.
Jon Pfeiffer: And you have a website where one of the taglines is, become an avid fan of yourself.
Aja Dang: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Jon Pfeiffer: And then, I love then another tweet, a longer tweet.
Jon Pfeiffer: I know. "When you start worrying about what other people think about you, just remember there are people out there who hate Beyonce."
Aja Dang: Yes, yes. Exactly.
Jon Pfeiffer: Which leads me into my third area, that I found out about is you're kind of funny, because you said, "If you bite Beyonce, do you get her powers?"
Aja Dang: Yeah. You can tell I'm quite obsessed with her. I have had a couple of videos done.
Jon Pfeiffer: If you bite her, do you get her powers?
Aja Dang: I'll let you know, if I'm ever that close to her. I think I'm getting there slowly.
Jon Pfeiffer: How do you politely ask, "Can I bite you?"
Aja Dang: I think what I might do, is have to go in for a cheat kiss and then see what happens there.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then there were a couple of other funny tweets: "Kids these days will never know the struggle of yelling across the house to your sibling, to let them know their favorite show is back from a commercial break."
Aja Dang: The struggle, man, the struggle's real. They don't know how blessed they are with the streaming.
Jon Pfeiffer: Okay, let's shift to your background, because to understand the social, you have to understand where you're from. So you're from Hawaii?
Aja Dang: Originally, yes, born and raised.
Jon Pfeiffer: Born and raised, went to college where?
Aja Dang: I went to the University of San Francisco for undergrad, and then I came to USC for grad school.
Jon Pfeiffer: At UCF, you were a marketing major?
Aja Dang: Yes, USF.
Jon Pfeiffer: USF, all right, okay. Why did you pick marketing?
Aja Dang: Dude? Honestly? I honestly think it was because of Samantha Jones from Sex in the City. Even though she was a PR person, I thought that they were the same. So there was really no rhyme or reason for me picking marketing. However, just like the last two years was when I started doing my public speaking courses and all that stuff. And then I realized that's when I wanted to kind of be on television. So marketing wasn't really what ended up happening, but it ended up guiding me to a direction.
Jon Pfeiffer: And I had heard you say that marketing turned out to be not your favorite classes.
Aja Dang: Yeah, no. My favorite classes were definitely the more presentation-heavy classes. So like public speaking, or I guess actually marketing. Just anything with presentation and group presentation.
Jon Pfeiffer: Have you always been comfortable in front of a camera?
Aja Dang: Yes. Actually, well, I used to be really shy when I was younger. And then I just... I don't know, it's just something happened.
Jon Pfeiffer: You became un-shy.
Aja Dang: Yeah, something happened, and I just really liked it. I mean, still to this day, I get nervous when I'm on camera or when I have to interview someone, but it's just... someone told me that, if you know that this is what you want to do, then just go into the... walk into the room knowing that this is what you want to do, and you'll be fine.
Jon Pfeiffer: I've also heard it said that if you're not a little bit nervous, you don't have that right edge.
Aja Dang: Okay, yeah, totally.
Jon Pfeiffer: You don't have the right energy.
Aja Dang: 100%, Yeah.
Jon Pfeiffer: So then, some point in your career in college, you started doing some interviews of indie bands.
Aja Dang: Oh God, Yes.
Jon Pfeiffer: Tell me about that.
Aja Dang: That was when I was in San Francisco. It was, I think, maybe my last semester of college, and it was called "Yeah Live" and I interviewed indie bands in Berkeley. And it was 100% the weirdest experience I ever had. Not the bands. The bands are really dope, but my producer, I feel maybe he was homeless. I don't know how he got the job, but there was this-
Jon Pfeiffer: Did you have to be a student to do it?
Aja Dang: No. I don't know. I think I found them on like Craigslist, probably not the safest route to go. But yeah, it gave me a lot of experience. And it gave me the idea of my interviewing style and probably warning signs to avoid with bad producers.
Jon Pfeiffer: How would you describe your interviewing style?
Aja Dang: Um, "Your friend."
Jon Pfeiffer: Just pulling it out of the-
Aja Dang: Yeah, I find that when you find kind of commonalities, and you talk about those, then people that you want to interview tend to be more open about things that you have questions about.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then I saw in 2011-
Aja Dang: You went really back. You went back in the day.
Jon Pfeiffer: There still is a YouTube video up.
Aja Dang: Still? Oh God, what is it?
Jon Pfeiffer: It is, you're a finalist on hometown hotties.
Aja Dang: Oh, yes. [Laughter]
Jon Pfeiffer: And then you take everybody to a class at USC.
Aja Dang: Yes, that was my maxim hometown hotties. Wow! I cannot believe you found that.
Jon Pfeiffer: I found it and watched it.
Aja Dang: Oh My God!, That was pretty good. I edited it myself! Yeah, so I had this idea in grad school because everyone knew they wanted to work in news journals. And I was like, "That's not really my thing. But sports is cool." So I developed... thought of this sport show. It didn't have a name, but I would essentially interview athletes and they would teach me how to play their sport.
Aja Dang: And I thought for some reason, Maxim magazine would be the greatest person--organization to do it, but I didn't know anyone there. So at the time... I don't actually know if they still have the competition, but they had a competition called Hometown Hotties, where your local girl can apply and be in the magazine. I was like, "Okay, so I'm going to apply. I'm going to make it to the top 10. I'm going to tell people about my idea. And I'm going to win and they're going to give me my idea." So I did that.
Jon Pfeiffer: Did you win?
Aja Dang: I didn't win.
Jon Pfeiffer: Did they give you your idea?
Aja Dang: They gave me my idea.
Jon Pfeiffer: So you won?
Aja Dang: I won in my way. It was funny because the week the finalists went to Vegas was actually when I had to do my finals week. So I was just, outside of shooting and stuff for Maxim, I was just in my hotel room studying and stuff, and they thought that made me kind of boring. But I was like, "Listen dear. I don't know what to tell you."
Jon Pfeiffer: It is what it is.
Aja Dang: Yeah, and they ended up giving me my show. And the YouTube video you saw was just part of the application process.
Jon Pfeiffer: So what kind of athletes did you interview?
Aja Dang: My first interview was with Shaq, which was really cool. He was not about the interview. He wanted to get out of there immediately, but he taught me how to play basketball. Danica Patrick was really cool, Floyd Mayweather...
Jon Pfeiffer: Did you get a ride in a race car?
Aja Dang: No, because what we did was we rode, what are those?
Jon Pfeiffer: Video games? The simulators.
Aja Dang: Yeah, yeah, we did one of those. What's his name? Andretti.
Jon Pfeiffer: Mario Andretti.
Aja Dang: I rode in a race car with him.
Jon Pfeiffer: The dual, the two seater race car?
Aja Dang: Yeah it was, I couldn't walk. I almost peed in my pants. I was like, "My god, I'm going to die." Of course, I didn't.
Jon Pfeiffer: I watched, actually, they had an IndyCar race on yesterday, where they showed some celebrity in the car with Mario. And he couldn't talk.
Aja Dang: Yeah. It was scary. But it was fun. But yeah, it was just any type of athlete across all various sports. It was really cool.
Jon Pfeiffer: How long did that last?
Aja Dang: It lasted a year, and then Maximum got bought out and they were like, "Bye!"
Jon Pfeiffer: Then your next gig was?
Aja Dang: My next gig was Fox Sports.
Jon Pfeiffer: How did you like Fox Sports?
Aja Dang: I did not like it. I did not like it, because with Maxim, we had all this freedom. It was a very small group of three people, me, cameraman and two producers, and we just vibed with each other. All of our ideas, we did together. And we just did anything. We did literally anything we wanted to. And when I went to Fox Sports-
Jon Pfeiffer: Not so much.
Aja Dang: Not so much. There were moments where I was actually falling asleep at work, because no one would let me do what I wanted. I was like, they wouldn't let me write anything. Any script I wrote, it was like too controversial, even though it was online, and that's what they hired me for.
Jon Pfeiffer: Like sports?
Aja Dang: Like to be a little bit more edgy. That's when I was like, "Okay, network is not where I want to be. So what's next?"
Jon Pfeiffer: And next was?
Aja Dang: Next was YouTube.
Jon Pfeiffer: Now I saw that you first joined YouTube September 11, 2010.
Aja Dang: Whoa, okay.
Jon Pfeiffer: But then your first video that's still up, is September of 2011. Did you take down videos?
Aja Dang: Was it the... No I didn't. I think, I just...
Jon Pfeiffer: It was some early Maxim videos.
Aja Dang: Yeah, I think I probably put it up there for the maxim videos.
Jon Pfeiffer: And some of the first videos were male centric?
Aja Dang: Very much. I had to appeal to my audience then.
Jon Pfeiffer: And one of them was, how to pick up a woman.
Aja Dang: Mm-hmm (affirmative). I did a lot of those type of videos abck in the day.
Jon Pfeiffer: Did anybody ever use those lines on you?
Aja Dang: I don't know. Do you remember the lines? What did I say?
Jon Pfeiffer: I actually purposely did not watch it.
Aja Dang: I mean, probably they came probably from experience somehow.
Jon Pfeiffer: But then you had, staying out of the friend zone.
Jon Pfeiffer: And, getting your girl to watch sports.
Aja Dang: Yes. That was a fun video.
Jon Pfeiffer: That's a little bit like as getting your boyfriend to watch the Hallmark Channel.
Aja Dang: Yeah, right. All about balance.
Jon Pfeiffer: Yeah. Then you did a pivot on your channel, how did that come about?
Aja Dang: That came about because I was in my late 20s and didn't want to be the sexy girl anymore. I kind of grew out of that phase. And I wanted to do more. Obviously, you can't live your life being the sexy girl your whole life. It was time to take a change.
Jon Pfeiffer: Not in Los Angeles.
Aja Dang: Yeah, no, not anywhere.
Jon Pfeiffer: Yeah.
Jon Pfeiffer: And you pivoted to what?
Aja Dang: I pivoted to beauty. Yeah, my first pivot outside of kind of the parody videos was a makeup tutorial. A natural, easy makeup tutorial.
Jon Pfeiffer: But you're not a real "glam" girl.
Aja Dang: I'm not even wearing any makeup talking to you right now. Sorry. [Laughter] Yeah, I'm not. So that was also the other issue, was I pivoted to more female centric content, but that content wasn't me. So then there was another pivot to doing content that was me. And that's where we are now.
Jon Pfeiffer: Everybody talks about YouTubers have their category.
Jon Pfeiffer: But you don't really fit in a category.
Aja Dang: No.
Jon Pfeiffer: How would you describe your body of work?
Aja Dang: I would say 100% Aja Dang lifestyle. Yeah, I don't have a category, and I think that was what I was struggling with when I pivoted, was everyone was like, "You need a category." So I was like, "Okay, makeup." But then, I don't do makeup. So what else can I do? That was a real struggle. I ended up just copying a whole bunch of YouTubers who were more popular than me and it just wasn't authentic. So honestly, my channel is just authentically just me.
Jon Pfeiffer: What you do.
Aja Dang: And then what I'm feeling that day. There's not really too much thought that goes into it..
Jon Pfeiffer: You were doing Vlogmas In December 2017. You were feeling-
Aja Dang: Broke?
Jon Pfeiffer: Poor.
Aja Dang: A constant feeling of brokenness.
Jon Pfeiffer: You had a loan due?
Jon Pfeiffer: And you started talking about that.
Aja Dang: Yeah, yeah.
Jon Pfeiffer: Tell me more.
Aja Dang: I've been to private school my whole life, even from kindergarten and never knew any better. So I had to take out a whole bunch of loans for undergrad and grad school and didn't understand it. And that day I had to pay it.
Jon Pfeiffer: I haven't been told--USC costs money?
Aja Dang: You think? [Laughter] You think? If only my parents had money to bribe people, then maybe it would have been a different story.
Jon Pfeiffer: Which we'll come back to--I wanted to get your take on Olivia Jade.
Aja Dang: Okay. Now?
Jon Pfeiffer: Yeah, actually, let's do it now. Let's do it now.
Aja Dang: I don't--I mean, I don't know anything about her, from what I've read--which you can't really believe everything you read online--she didn't want to be there. To me, maybe there's a little spoiled-ness situation there, but to be so callous about not wanting to go to one of the best schools in the country and like kind of taking that for granted, while there are hundreds of thousands of kids who would love to be in her position, is, I think, really unfortunate. I don't know. I just wouldn't want my kid watching that.
Jon Pfeiffer: That would be my take. Yeah, that would be my take.
Jon Pfeiffer: So back to-
Aja Dang: Back to me.
Jon Pfeiffer: Back to you, this is about you.
Aja Dang: Yeah, right? Hello! Yeah, it was Vlogmas. So you vlog every day what you do, and what I did that day was I had to dog sit to make money and still couldn't pay my loan. So I vlogged about that and told everyone how much I owed in student loans, and then it kind of just catapulted.
Jon Pfeiffer: Tell me about the comments that you got.
Aja Dang: I mean, some where very supportive in the fact that, thank you, no one online is talking about this. I thought I was alone. Thank you for sharing your story. And then there were the comments of, you're an idiot. This is your fault. Why didn't you go to trade school? Why didn't you go into the military? You're dumb bitch. So it was kind of hard between those things, because especially when it comes to money, no one wants to be made to feel dumb about their money. But those comments of encouragement kind of convinced me to do more.
Jon Pfeiffer: You should have gone to trade school?
Aja Dang: I know, right? You should have been a plumber. I'm like, "Okay, that's not for everyone dude. I don't know what to tell you."
Jon Pfeiffer: You don't know how to do that.
Aja Dang: I know.
Jon Pfeiffer: And then now, that you kept doing this...
Aja Dang: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Every month.
Jon Pfeiffer: Talking about your student debt?
Aja Dang: Yep. Yep.
Jon Pfeiffer: And you post your budget?
Aja Dang: I post my real budget every month. Like my numbers, what I make, what I paid off, what I spent my money on every single month.
Jon Pfeiffer: How has it been to be that public about where your money goes?
Aja Dang: The moment I posted that original video, I immediately got a sense of confidence when it came to money, because just talking about it gives you kind of this control over it, than it would if you had ignored it. And then also being public about it makes me more responsible with what I do with my money. And obviously, the goal throughout this whole journey on YouTube is to pay off my debt. So just also being able to see people comment, like, I paid off my credit card because of you, because of your videos. It's like, okay, cool. So let's all finish this journey together.
Jon Pfeiffer: How much has your spending changed just because you know people are going to know what you spent it on? It's like the the athletic trainer that won't eat donuts...
Aja Dang: Right, right, right. No, I mean, my lifestyle hasn't changed that much. It's just because I just never really spend too much money on anything besides food, which is still a struggle. But now it's just, being more conscious of how much money I put towards my debt and getting out of debt. And what I'm going to do with my money in the future. So it's just being more cognizant on how much I make and how much to throw to become debt free. Yeah.
Jon Pfeiffer: Now, where do you draw the privacy balance line? Where on the one hand, you're willing to talk about the topic that no one will talk about, which is money.
Jon Pfeiffer: What about relationships?
Aja Dang: I was really open about my relationships back in the day, and then people started asking questions that they didn't really have the right to ask. So while I'm very open about money, talking... I mean, sometimes my boyfriends are in my videos, but we definitely try to draw a line to where it doesn't get too personal. Because at the end of the day, people don't have the right to ask certain questions about personal experiences.
Jon Pfeiffer: Is there any other area where you just draw the line?
Aja Dang: No. [Laughter] Absolutely not.
Jon Pfeiffer: Fair enough. Okay, I'm going to go to 73 questions a la Vogue on you.
Aja Dang: Fun, okay!
Jon Pfeiffer: So it's going to be real fast.
Jon Pfeiffer: Okay. What question do you ask to find out the most about a person?
Aja Dang: You started off with a really tough one. I don't know. What do you ask?
Jon Pfeiffer: Well see, I was going to throw that question back to you. Then whatever question you ask, I ask, "Tell me about yourself?" And people eventually tell you.
Aja Dang: I mean, but how long do you have when you ask that question? I think probably it's just like, "What are you passionate about?"
Jon Pfeiffer: What question would you most like to know the answer to?
Aja Dang: Honestly, I live life just going with the flow, but maybe, how do we as a country work together to make it better? To make it work for the majority of people.
Jon Pfeiffer: You'll see, these questions are all over the place.
Jon Pfeiffer: We're going to go from this one to-
Aja Dang: Two really intense questions.
Jon Pfeiffer: Favorite food?
Aja Dang: Sushi.
Jon Pfeiffer: Least favorite food?
Aja Dang: Anything spicy.
Jon Pfeiffer: Favorite cocktail?
Aja Dang: Anything. [Laughter] No. So wine, we do red, and my dad is a whiskey drinker. So we drink whiskey too.
Jon Pfeiffer: Favorite whiskey?
Aja Dang: Some kind of Japanese whiskey.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you collect anything?
Aja Dang: No. I'm a minimalist. I don't like a lot of crap in my house.
Jon Pfeiffer: If you had 30 minutes a day to do anything you wanted, what would you do?
Aja Dang: Probably walk my dogs.
Jon Pfeiffer: What TV channel doesn't exist and they should?
Aja Dang: How about a super non-biased news source. I don't know how anyone would get any money from that. But that would be awesome.
Jon Pfeiffer: It should. Favorite movie?
Aja Dang: For a Good Time, Call is one. The Holiday and The Last Holiday.
Jon Pfeiffer: If you could star in a movie, who would you choose as your co-star?
Aja Dang: Who would I choose?
Jon Pfeiffer: And it makes you realize that these Vogue questions, they had them in advance for a long time.
Aja Dang: My god, yes. Who would I choose? Sorry, this isn't going as fast.
Jon Pfeiffer: It's not designed to go that fast.
Aja Dang: I would choose Rachel McAdams.
Jon Pfeiffer: Why?
Aja Dang: Because my boyfriend likes her.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's your guilty pleasure?
Aja Dang: Reality television. Oh My God. The Bachelor, I can't stand it but I can't stop watching. It's so stupid.
Jon Pfeiffer: Someone was talking about that The Bachelor is... every woman hates men that date multiple women, but they watch The Bachelor.
Aja Dang: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Hey, at least they're open about it. They're open and honest.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's the one talent you wish you had?
Aja Dang: I wish I could play an instrument.
Jon Pfeiffer: And yet there's a guitar hanging on the wall.
Aja Dang: That ain't mine. [Laughter] Actually I wish I could speak multiple languages. I'll take back the instrument. I want to speak multiple languages.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's your biggest pet peeve?
Aja Dang: People who are late?
Jon Pfeiffer: What piece of entertainment, if you could erase it from your mind, would you want to do that so you could experience it again for the first time?
Aja Dang: Probably watching Avengers, the last two, again.
Jon Pfeiffer: If you could make one rule that everyone had to follow, what would it be?
Aja Dang: Adopt animals.
Jon Pfeiffer: And you've adopted animals?
Aja Dang: I've adopted two and we fostered.
Jon Pfeiffer: Tell me something that's true that almost nobody agrees with you on.
Aja Dang: What do you mean? I'm always right. What are you talking about? [Laughter]
Jon Pfeiffer: Okay, so I'm going to shift gears a second.
Jon Pfeiffer: I want to know about your job. Do you have an editorial calendar?
Aja Dang: No. I've tried to do an editorial calendar. But honestly, like I said, I kind of just go with the flow. So there's a lot of video ideas I have on my list that still haven't been hit, because I just haven't felt the inspiration to do them.
Jon Pfeiffer: That's true for your social, what about for the podcast? How far in advance do you guys talk about guests?
Aja Dang: It depends. It depends on how... I mean, we definitely have kind of people who we want to interview and then it's kind of just finding those people. So I emailed someone from the NRA, who I still haven't heard back from, but yeah, we're just kind of throwing out a lot of nets.
Jon Pfeiffer: Different topics?
Aja Dang: Yeah, right now.
Jon Pfeiffer: What does a typical workday look like for you?
Aja Dang: Well, my typical day, I wake up, I work out. I walk my dogs and work out and then I shower.
Jon Pfeiffer: What time to you get up?
Aja Dang: Between 6:30 and 7:30, because I don't set my alarm, so it's just whenever I naturally wake up. And then I shoot in the morning. So I get ready and I shoot and I try to be done by 2:00. And then after that, if I have to edit or take pictures or whatever, then I'll do that.
Jon Pfeiffer: For your Instagram, do you take your own pictures?
Aja Dang: Yeah, I do.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you set a timer? Is that what you do?
Aja Dang: I put it on a tripod. I have a remote for my camera and I shoot it. I wish I had money to hire a photographer, but we got loans to pay honey.
Jon Pfeiffer: [Laughter] School loans.
Aja Dang: Yep.
Jon Pfeiffer: Who's the first person to encourage you to do more YouTube?
Aja Dang: My boyfriend Brian actually, yeah.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's the biggest challenge you face when you're creating content?
Aja Dang: That's my---what happens or what I put on YouTube lives up to my idea of what I want in my head, which rarely happens.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's your favorite video?
Aja Dang: Like on YouTube, of mine?
Jon Pfeiffer: That you have. Yours. Yeah.
Aja Dang: I like my parody videos a lot. I think probably my No Rings parody, Ariana Grande video is one of my favorites.
Jon Pfeiffer: How much longer does it take to do a parody video than a regular video?
Aja Dang: It takes months. Because I write the lyrics, and then I obviously have to come up with the ideas. And it's expensive, so we have to save up money. But to me, it's really fun. I don't make money off of those videos because obviously they're copywritten, but it's just for me kind of how I release creativity.
Jon Pfeiffer: When you post a video, can you predict the success of the video when you're posting?
Aja Dang: Dude, if I could predict any type of success on social media, I'd be a bajillionare. It's so hard. I mean sometimes, my budget videos, I know people will watch because that's obviously something people are invested in, in myself, but some videos that I think are going to do really well don't. Some that I didn't think were going to do well, do. Or sometimes I think for me, because I am smaller quote unquote YouTuber, tags really help me. So I uploaded last year a self defense video with one of my friends, Anna Gracie and it did really poorly off the bat. No one watched it, but now it's almost at a million. So you just never know. Like the algorithms, I do not understand it.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you have a budget for each video?
Aja Dang: Free, for the most part. I mean, there's my parody videos or kind of bigger production videos. Those take obviously longer to plan. So I have to set aside money for a videographer and stuff. But normally, they're obviously zero dollars.
Jon Pfeiffer: How do you consume content?
Aja Dang: Passively. Yeah. Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. I kind of look through every day. YouTube, I just don't have the time to commit to that.
Jon Pfeiffer: I have a client that gets up in the morning, turns on YouTube, and it's on all day.
Aja Dang: Really? No, no, no.
Jon Pfeiffer: On a big screen. Yeah.
Aja Dang: See, I think, for me personally, a lot of YouTube content is bullshit. And I just don't align with it.
Jon Pfeiffer: Well, I want to come back to that, because you've talked about that before.
Jon Pfeiffer: The superficiality of some of the content.
Jon Pfeiffer: Why do you think that is?
Aja Dang: I think people try to do what they think will make them popular. And that's just not me and I don't like that.
Jon Pfeiffer: But how could you predict that something is going to make you popular?
Aja Dang: Well, I mean, you can definitely see kind of the trends that are happening. I mean, they have the trending page and then people just bite off kind of videos that other people do and, cool, but not my thing.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you think that social media empowers women or objectifies women?
Aja Dang: I think it's both. I mean, obviously, you can find both if you're looking for it. But I mean, that's definitely something that I'm very conscious about when I post on social media, is I want it to be empowering. And I think I do that.
Jon Pfeiffer: Because if you look, there's a lot of 20 year olds, 21 year olds, 22 year olds, that you wonder what they're going to think in 10 years.
Aja Dang: Yeah, I mean, that was me. That was me in my 20s. I mean, very geared towards men. So what do men like? They like boobs and they like bikinis and lingerie. That was very much me. But I was just able to kind of pivot before I got old and saggy and I didn't have a choice.
Jon Pfeiffer: As a 32-year-old "old" woman.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's a question you wish people would stop asking you?
Aja Dang: When am I going to get married.
Jon Pfeiffer: I won't ask you that one. Who asks you that?
Aja Dang: Everyone. Because I think, my boyfriend and I, we're private but we're public. He's a choreographer, and he's very big on social media. We've been dating for seven years. So it's, when are you going to get married? When are you going to have kids? And for me, it's just like, one is none of your business. It'll happen when it happens. But also, I'm just, I'm not ready. There are things in my life that I want to accomplish before I take that step. And, like, shut up.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you want kids, eventually, someday?
Aja Dang: I think eventually. I think, I definitely feel like if I do have kids, I'll be an older mom. I'm not in a rush right now.
Jon Pfeiffer: If you do have kids, would you put them in videos?
Aja Dang: I don't know. That's a hard one. Because I definitely feel like some of the family vlogs are exploitive of their children. But I think it's just like I put my dogs in my videos, just because-
Jon Pfeiffer: Yeah, but a dog versus a baby.
Aja Dang: Is it the same? I mean, I don't know. I'll let you know when I get there.
Jon Pfeiffer: You do not like to be called an influencer.
Aja Dang: Because I think that gives people a little bit more power than they have. And especially when I think of influencer, I kind of think of the Jake Pauls of the world, and I don't necessarily... I do not want to be associated with that.
Jon Pfeiffer: Do you feel that you do have influence?
Aja Dang: Yeah, totally.
Jon Pfeiffer: So you're an influencer.
Aja Dang: Yeah, I mean, but... I don't know. Can we think of a different name?
Jon Pfeiffer: Social media person.
Aja Dang: [Laughter] Youre a person--You're a social media person.
Jon Pfeiffer: Have you had an "I've made it" moment?
Aja Dang: No. No, not yet. I think once people stop mispronouncing my name, I'll be like, "I've made it!"
Jon Pfeiffer: Aja!
Aja Dang: You can say it, but I have a lot of people saying like... when they come up to me they're like, "Are you Heja?" They don't know. I'm like, "Yes, that's me." But also bummer.
Jon Pfeiffer: I also found out on Twitter you do not like it when people say, "Dang."
Aja Dang: Yeah, it's so predictable. Can we do another, something else? What else can we do? [Laughter]
Jon Pfeiffer: We can make something else up.
Aja Dang: Yeah, I need something else.
Jon Pfeiffer: Tell me about the first time somebody recognized you.
Aja Dang: I don't even remember. For me, those things aren't really memorable, because I mean, "Cool. Thanks for coming up to me." But that's not my end-all goal, is to be recognized by... everyone has always been very nice.
Jon Pfeiffer: What advice would you have for somebody that wants to start making YouTube videos?
Aja Dang: You're about 15 years too late, but don't be discouraged. [Laughter] I mean, I think for me, it's like, you have to set yourself apart somehow. And you also can't put pressure on yourself to succeed so quickly. I mean, because I think for me, I have less than 400000 followers on YouTube. And I've been doing this for years. And you see people who've only been on YouTube for a couple months, and they already have a million subscribers. So it's easy to kind of feel bad about yourself, that you're growing so slowly, but also, I look at it as positive because if I had grown that quickly in my 20s, I probably would be a huge dick right now. So you know.
Jon Pfeiffer: And if you're going to build a slower your following, it is going to be more authentic because...
Aja Dang: A Hundred Percent!
Jon Pfeiffer: As opposed to that one-off cat videos.
Aja Dang: Yeah, it's definitely more authentic. You grow a community of people who care about the same things that you care about.
Jon Pfeiffer: What's the worst piece of social media advice you've received?
Aja Dang: Post every day.
Jon Pfeiffer: How often do you post?
Aja Dang: Not every day. I'm like the worst social media influencer ever. I post when I want to.
Jon Pfeiffer: Is there a regular schedule? I mean, are you like... okay.
Aja Dang: I tried to do a regular schedule but that just put too much pressure on me. It gives me anxiety and for me social media is... well, I post something when I have something to say.
Jon Pfeiffer: Knowing what you know now, what would you tell your younger self?
Aja Dang: Just follow the journey. Because I think when I was younger, I definitely put a lot of pressure on myself, that I wasn't where I wanted to be, or where I thought I would be at a certain age. But we all kind of grow and grow into who are meant to be at different times. So it would be to just trust the journey. And also, people are mean to you because they're jealous of you. That's also what I would tell my younger self.
Jon Pfeiffer: Last question. This is a gimme. Where can people find you on the internet?
Aja Dang: You can find me on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter if you want to get political. All of that is @Ajadang, A-J-A-D-A-N-G and then my podcast is Heavy Topics With Lightweights, just on every streaming platform.
Jon Pfeiffer: Thank you. It's been a pleasure.
Aja Dang: Thank you. That was hard. [Laughter]
The Creative Influencer is a bi-weekly podcast where we discuss all things creative with an emphasis on Influencers. It is hosted by Jon Pfeiffer, an entertainment attorney in Santa Monica, California. Jon interviews influencers, creatives and the professionals who work with them.


Our friends over at the PRWCA just sent us this exciting news! Congratulations to Austin and all that work hard with him to make such a great contribution to our wine country!
JANUARY 15, 2019 (Paso Robles, CA) On Friday, January 18 the Paso Robles wine community will come together to recognize one of their own who has exemplified the spirit of Paso Robles Wine Country with outstanding leadership and vision in promoting the region. Austin Hope, President and Winemaker of Hope Family Wines will receive the 2018 Paso Robles Wine Industry Person of the Year award at the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance's annual winter gathering.
Austin Hope was nominated and named the 2018 Paso Robles Wine Industry Person by the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance membership which represents 450+ companies including wineries, vineyards, and associated businesses. Austin will be recognized by industry colleagues at the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance's Annual Gala on Friday, January 18 at the Park Ballroom at 6 p.m. This event is open to members of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance and members of the media wishing to cover the event (with advance reservation.) Elected officials and representatives from national, state, and local offices are also on hand to commemorate the honor.


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Roche gets jump on rivals in race for progressive MS treatment
* Roche claims "significant first" in difficult-to-treat MS
* French firm MedDay says plans to file rival drug in 2016
By Ben Hirschler
LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Roche has moved into pole position in the race to launch the world's first treatment for progressive multiple sclerosis but smaller players are working hard on rival approaches.
While there are a number of treatments for relapsing remitting MS, the most common form of the disease, there are no approved drugs for progressive MS, which is marked by steadily worsening symptoms.
That makes the success of Roche's antibody drug ocrelizumab in a 732-patient global clinical trial big news. The drug will now be filed for approval in early 2016, implying it could reach the market around a year later.
"It's a very significant first," Roche's head of neuroscience clinical development Paulo Fontoura told Reuters on Monday, adding it was "hard to speculate" when Roche might face competition.
However, Frederic Sedel, chief executive of small unlisted French biotech firm MedDay Pharmaceuticals, believes he is hard on Roche's heels.
Sedel said in an email that his company planned to meet with regulatory agencies in order to file a rival medicine for progressive MS sometime in 2016.
MedDay is still awaiting results of a second trial testing its drug MD1003 in patients in patients with damage to the optic nerve and the exact timing of submission would depend on discussions with regulators, Sedel said.
Earlier this year MedDay reported success for its drug, which consists of a high-dose formulation of the food additive biotin. But that Phase III trial was relatively small, involving 154 patients in France.
DSM has a deal to manufacture MedDay's biotin, which is given as a tablet. Roche's medicine, by contrast, is delivered as a twice-yearly infusion.
Further behind is Biogen, which reported results from a mid-stage study in April that suggested its so-called anti-LINGO-1 drug could help with optic-nerve damage.
And other teams are pursuing different avenues, with a group at University College London studying a drug called phenytoin, which has already been used to treat epilepsy for 60 years.
Various alternative older medicines are also being investigated by academic groups to see if they might work in progressive MS.
In the meantime, though, Roche looks likely to enjoy a first-mover advantage, creating a multibillion-dollar opportunity for ocrelizumab in both relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) and progressive disease.
Importantly, that may mean the Swiss group can command a premium price.
"Roche can argue convincingly for a high price outside the U.S., resist payers in the U.S., and own the segment, without the competition that fragments the $19 billion RRMS global market," Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson said in a research note.
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Judge Jack A. Landis
Judge Landis was born and raised in Covington, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He graduated in 1977 from Erskine College where he majored in and received his BA in History. In 1980, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and was admitted to the SC Bar.
Judge Landis has two children. Peter and Jane are both grown and out on their own.
Judge Landis is married to Marissa Jacobson and has two stepdaughters.
The Moncks Corner Town Council appointed Jack as Municipal Judge in 1987 and he served in that capacity for eleven years. He was elected to the Family Court Bench by the South Carolina General Assembly in May 1998.
Jack has previously served as President of the SC Conference of Family Court Judges, 2011-2012, as Secretary/Treasurer, 2009-2010, and Vice President, 2010-2011.
Judge Landis coached the Berkeley High School Mock Trial team for several years, helping them to win the State Championship in 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2008. He has retired from coaching but now presides over competitions on the state and national level.
Jack has served the SC Bar Association on the Law Related Education Committee and both the Middle School and High School Mock Trial Sub-Committees. He was chairman of the LRE Committee for 2017-2019.
In 2003 he received the "Law Related Education Lawyer of the Year" award from the South Carolina Bar Association.
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"The White Bride and the Black One" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 135. It is Aarne-Thompson type 403A.  Other tales of this type include The Three Little Men in the Wood, Brother and Sister, Bushy Bride, and The Enchanted Wreath.

Synopsis
A woman and her daughter are cutting fodder when the Lord comes up to them and asks the way to the village. The woman and the daughter refuse to help, and the woman's stepdaughter offers to show him. In return, the others turn black and ugly, but the stepdaughter is granted three wishes: beauty, an everlasting purse of gold, and to go to Heaven upon her death.

Her brother Reginer, a coachman to the king, asks for a portrait of her, and hangs it in his room. The king sees it and resolves to marry her. Her brother sends for her, and the stepmother and stepsister come too. The stepmother enchants the coachman so he is half-blind, and the bride so she is half-deaf. The white bride does not hear what the coachman says, and instead follows the stepmother's command to remove her dress and garments, and then to look out the window, where she is pushed out. The king is horrified by the black bride, and throws the brother into a snakepit, but the stepmother persuades him to marry the black bride.

A white duck comes to the kitchen and tells the kitchen boy to light the fire, and then asks of Reginer and the black bride. After a few days of this, the kitchen boy tells the king. The king cuts off the duck's head, which transforms into the white bride. The king frees the brother from the snake pit and asks the stepmother what ought to be done to someone that did the deed that she had done. She says that person should be stripped and put in a barrel studded with nails, and a horse should drag it off. The king has it done to her and the black bride, and he proceeds to marry the white bride.

See also

 The White Duck

References

Further reading
 Belmont, Nicole, and Brunhilde Biebuyck. "Myth and Folklore in Connection with AT 403 and 713." Journal of Folklore Research 20, no. 2/3 (1983): 185–96. www.jstor.org/stable/3814531.

External links

SurLaLune Fairy Tale site The White Bride and the Black One

Grimms' Fairy Tales
Fiction about shapeshifting
Literary duos
Works about marriage
Female characters in fairy tales
German fairy tales
ATU 400-459
False hero

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Ransomware rolled through business defenses in Q2 2022
Posted: July 13, 2022 by Marcin Kleczynski
2022 is shaping up to be another banner year for ransomware, which continued to dominate the threat landscape in Q2.
Ransomware has given security professionals a headache for the better part of a decade. Fast forward to 2022, and the headache has become a migraine—not just for IT teams but business owners, employees, and customers as well. Over the last three months, ransomware gangs have increased the pressure by multiplying in number and unleashing targeted attacks on vulnerable industries, with disruptions to business operations, million-dollar ransom demands, data exfiltration, and extortion.
The supply chain, already stretched to a breaking point, suffered additional misfortunes across multiple industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to technology and utilities. Governments, nonprofits, and schools—some forced to close their doors—didn't escape unscathed. And the carnage was not confined to US borders, though it was by far the most affected country. Germany, the UK, and Italy also registered high ransomware tallies.
To understand how we got here, let's first take a closer look at recent statistics on the top ransomware variants, countries and industries attacked. Next, we'll evaluate noteworthy attacks month-by-month before discussing whether it's worth paying the ransom in today's climate. In addition, we'll examine current trends to deduce what businesses might expect from ransomware authors in the months to come. Finally, we'll review mitigation tactics that businesses of all sizes can adopt to keep ransomware at bay.
Top ransomware variants
LockBit was the most widely-distributed ransomware in March, April, and May 2022, and its total of 263 spring attacks was more than double the number of Conti, the variant in second place. However, the Conti gang suffered severe setbacks in the wake of its public declaration of support for Russia and subsequent data leaks of its source code, and the group quietly dismantled operations while keeping up appearances. Three groups alleged to be linked to Conti's disbandment—Black Basta, ALPHV, and Hive—eventually overtook Conti in ransomware distribution by the end of May.
Here's how the top variants ranked by total number of spring incidents:
LockBit: 263
Conti: 127
Black Cat/ALPHV: 68
Hive: 40
Black Basta: 33*
*Black Basta launched in April, so its tally is one month less than the others.
The United States was by far the most attacked country this spring, with 290 reported ransomware events. Its cyberattack count far surpassed the next two highest countries (Germany and the UK) combined, with the former reporting 48 ransomware incidents and the latter 41.
Here are the top five countries impacted by ransomware this spring:
United States: 290
Germany: 48
UK: 41
Italy: 38
Canada: 31
Perhaps it might be easier to create a list of industries that weren't impacted by ransomware in Q2. Services—a catch-all term encompassing service-providing sectors such as transportation, travel, finance, health, education, information, government, and a myriad of other industries—was targeted the most by cybercriminals. However, in a clear bid for the supply chain jugular, threat actors also zeroed in on manufacturing, technology, utilities (including oil), and agriculture.
In fact, the FBI warned the food and agriculture sector (specifically farmers' co-ops) this April about potential ransomware attacks during critical planting and harvesting seasons that could result in operational disruptions to the supply chain, which could then lead to food shortages. The previous month, HP Hood Dairy suffered a ransomware attack, which was likely behind its Lactaid brand going missing from shelves in early April.
Here's how the top five industries ranked by number of ransomware attacks this spring:
Services: 171
Manufacturing: 76
Technology: 65
Utilities: 61
Retail: 50
Noteworthy March attacks
March was a chaotic month featuring headline-grabbing attacks on tech giants Microsoft and Samsung, as well as automotive titan Toyota, which was forced to halt production across its Japanese plants after a key supplier was compromised. Lapsus$, the criminal enterprise behind Samsung's infiltration, leaked 190 GB of data and source code reportedly from the Galaxy smart phone, as well as confidential information from Qualcomm.
The most active ransomware variant was LockBit, which registered 97 attacks in March alone, including a hit on tire company Bridgestone Americas that caused the organization to disconnect many of its Latin and North American manufacturing and retreading facilities from the corporate network.
Hive ransomware, a RaaS launched in June 2021, was also busy in March. The group attacked Romania's petroleum provider, demanding a multi-million dollar ransom and forcing the company to shut down its websites and Fill&Go services at gas stations. Hive also compromised a California healthcare nonprofit later in the month.
Noteworthy April attacks
April stood out as the month when three new dangerous RaaS variants, thought to be Conti-affiliated were introduced: Onyx, Mindware, and Black Basta. Conti still had some bite left, however, with 43 reported attacks that month. Among them were industrial giant Parker Hannifin and American automotive tools manufacturer Snap-on, as well as Panasonic's Canadian operations, from which Conti claimed to have stolen 2.8 GB of data.
Newcomer Black Basta, who carried out 11 attacks in April, made headlines when it compromised German wind turbine company Deutsche Windtechnik and the American Dental Association, which was forced to take affected systems offline. The organization suffered disruptions to online services, telephones, email, and webchat, as well as personal data leaked on its members.
Onyx ransomware, meanwhile, launched with only six attacks in April, but they were deadly. The malware doesn't just lock up systems and data—it destroys any file larger than 2 MB. Mindware also made a splashy April debut with double extortion threats and 13 attacks, including a Minnesota-based mental health provider from which it pilfered sensitive patient information.
The award for most data stolen in April goes to the Stormous criminal gang, who bragged about an assault resulting in 161 GBs exfiltrated from Coca-Cola without the company knowing. Reports say the Russian-linked threat actors later put it up for sale for 16 million Bitcoin or $640,000.
To add insult to injury, REvil (aka Sodonokibi) appeared to return in April with new payloads and a fresh leak blog featuring a mixture of recent and old victims. The threat actors have been linked to numerous high-profile ransomware incidents, including arguably the biggest ransomware attack of all time—a supply-chain hit on Kaseya in July 2021 believed to have affected over 1,000 businesses.
Noteworthy May attacks
In May, government and education were some of the hardest hit verticals, while attacks on Indian airline SpiceJet and farming equipment maker AGCO made the most headlines globally. Black Basta was reportedly behind the AGCO infiltration, which disrupted production of harvesters, tractors, and other business operations. The Austrian state of Carinthia also made the news when the BlackCat gang disrupted their systems and demanded a ransom of $5 million.
Despite strong evidence of a slow-down in activity—just 12 reported incidents in May—Conti made a showy display with a massive, sustained attack against Costa Rica that resulted in its new president declaring a state of emergency on May 8. On the same day, an inflammatory message appeared on the group's leak site alongside 672 GB of stolen data. In response, the US Department of State offered a $10 million reward for information leading to individuals holding key leadership positions within Conti.
In other May government attacks, the town of Quincy, Massachusetts, had its information service systems compromised. They paid $500,000 for a decryption key and an additional $150,000 for security consultants to assist with the investigation. A ransomware attack in New Jersey's Somerset County disrupted services and forced employees to shut down computers and create temporary Gmail accounts to ensure the public could still email key departments. The attack marked the 22nd US state or local government to be hit by ransomware in 2022, according to analysts at Recorded Future.
In education, several colleges and K–12 districts were crippled by ransomware. Kellogg Community College in Michigan was forced to cancel classes and close campuses due to a ransomware attack. On May 13, Lincoln College in Illinois permanently closed its doors after 157 years due to the combined effects of the pandemic and a major ransomware incident—a first in ransomware history.
Not to be outdone, LockBit set a steady pace in May with 73 attacks. Thought to have strong ties with Russia, the cybercriminals compromised the Bulgarian Refugee Agency and threatened to release sensitive files. Nearly 230,000 Ukrainian refugees have entered Bulgaria since the start of the war. LockBit was also behind May strikes against electronics manufacturer Foxcomm, the Rio de Janeiro finance department, and one of the largest library services in Germany.
New ransomware trends
In recent months, cybercriminals have upped the ransomware ante with further developments in functionality, sophistication, and distribution techniques. As a combined result of the increase in big game hunting (BGH) and remote/hybrid work, threat actors have been encountering ever more complex security infrastructures and a wider variety of devices and platforms.
To penetrate and encrypt as many systems as possible, some threat groups have started writing ransomware code using cross-platform programming languages like Python, Rust, or Golang. This allows the malware to run on different combinations of operating systems and architectures. Both BlackCat and Conti affiliates have been observed distributing versions of their variants for Linux as well as Windows. Developing in a cross-platform language also makes analyzing the malware more difficult for security researchers.
In attack methods, ransomware authors—while still favoring good old-fashioned social engineering—have started backing away from phishing emails and leaning toward exploiting server, software, and operating system vulnerabilities instead. In fact, unpatched vulnerabilities are now the primary vector for ransomware attacks, according to a report by IT software company Ivanti.
Last year, Ivanti identified 65 new vulnerabilities known to have been exploited in ransomware attacks—a number representing nearly one quarter of all vulnerabilities used to drop the threat in the history of its existence. There were 39 percent more vulnerabilities used for ransomware attacks in 2021 than in the previous year, and 2022 is shaping up to be even more tumultuous. From January to May 2022, 22 new vulnerabilities associated with ransomware were found, and all but one are considered critical or high-risk.
What do these trends mean for the year ahead? Cross-platform ransomware has the potential to infect even more systems, some (like Linux) that lack robust anti-ransomware protections. Coding ransomware in this way could eventually take down all endpoints, including IoT and personal devices, in a single blow, rendering recovery operations incredibly difficult—if not outright impossible. Automatic data backups to offsite and/or segmented servers will be key in keeping businesses operational in case of breach.
Meanwhile, ransomware operators are moving to swiftly weaponize vulnerabilities. The average time to exploit is now within eight days of the vulnerability being published by a vendor. That means organizations will need to prioritize patching vulnerabilities associated with ransomware, as well as according to criticality and against their own risk appetites.
To pay or not to pay
As ransomware attacks have evolved in sophistication and impact, so too have their ransom demands. Ransoms were 36 percent higher in 2021 than in 2020 at an average of $6.1 million. Yet by spring of 2022, many ransomware authors had whittled away at any sense of trust businesses might have had that by paying the ransom, they'll receive what's promised.
In 2020, gangs such as Conti, REvil, and Maze published stolen data even if the ransom was paid. Others took the ransom and never returned the files. By 2021, only 8 percent of those who paid the ransom actually got their files back. At that point, 83 percent of successful attacks featured double or triple extortion schemes. According to a Proofpoint study, 60 percent of participants who opted to negotiate with their attackers ended up having to pay ransom more than once.
By spring 2022, ransomware gangs showed no sense of responsibility toward their victims. RaaS operations, which now dominate the ransomware landscape, tend to be short-lived (therefore reputation isn't important), and renegade affiliates often fail to follow their operator's directions. When ransom demands bust the budget, data is not returned or is leaked regardless, and paying up puts a target on your back, it's probably best to pocket the millions and get to work on mitigations.
Ransomware mitigations
To stave off potential future attacks—especially in an era of political and economical instability—the following actions are recommended:
Implement regular backups of all data to be stored as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Make sure these copies are not accessible for modification or deletion from any system where the original data lives.
Administer network segmentation so that all machines on your network are not accessible from every other machine.
Install updates/patches to operating systems, software and firmware as soon as they are released.
Install and regularly update endpoint security software on all devices—including those used in work-from-home capacities—and enable real-time detection.
Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with the least privilege in mind. Implement multifactor authentication (MFA) for additional credential security.
Disable unused remote access/Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and monitor for any unusual activity.
For ransomware reviews by the Malwarebytes Threat Intel team, check out the following:
March ransomware review
April ransomware review
May ransomware review
June ransomware review
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22-year-old Taylor Townsend has had quite the year. The Chicago native took home the doubles title at the inaugural Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells WTA 125k event in March, and carried that momentum into one of the most successful summers of her young career.
Since March, Townsend has won three ITF singles titles (Dothan, Charleston, Sumter); reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 61; dominated the World TeamTennis (WTT) circuit, including garnering Female MVP honors; and made a triumphant return to her hometown Windy City to play in the first professional tennis event in Chicago in decades.
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And what does she think of the Series coming to Chicago in just a few weeks – making it the first professional tennis tournament in the Windy City since the 1990s?
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