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US President Donald Trump arrives for the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020.
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4 winners and 2 losers from Trump's 2020 State of the Union
Trump's reelection campaign was a winner, immigrants came away as losers, and other assessments of Trump's big speech.
By Zack Beauchamp, Dylan Matthews, and Matthew Yglesias Feb 4, 2020, 11:25pm EST
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When President Donald Trump began the 2020 State of the Union, a chant broke out among the assembled Republican members of Congress: "Four more years! Four more years!" The chant turned the subtext of the speech into the text: This is the formal launch of Trump's reelection campaign.
Not that it wasn't obvious from the speech itself. Trump spent a good chunk of the speech reciting impressive-sounding economic statistics, and other parts handing out money and awards to individuals and causes that make him look good to various parts of the electorate. He took a number of swipes at socialism in various forms, an unsubtle signal as to how he plans to attack Sen. Bernie Sanders in the quite plausible event he'll be the Democratic presidential nominee.
In some ways, it was surprising in its restraint — there was not one mention of the Iowa caucus debacle or his imminent acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial. In other ways, it was an unrestrained expression of Trump's game-show presidency (more on that below). It was low-key by Trump standards for the most part but also contained some truly ugly moments.
What follows is our sense of the highs and the lows, who (and what) came out looking better by the end of the night — and who (or what) did not.
Winner: Trump's reelection campaign
If there is one theme that President Trump hammered hardest on Tuesday night, it is that the economy is great. That also happens to be true, which makes Trump's address — the official kickoff to his reelection campaign — a success.
In typical Trump faction, he sometimes overreached in the specifics. "In eight years under the last administration, over 300,000 working-age people dropped out of the workforce," he told the assembled members of Congress. "In just three years of my administration, 3.5 million working-age people have joined the workforce." The numbers here aren't precisely apples to apples, but more to the point, what Trump is observing is that Barack Obama took office as the worst recession in a generation was worsening, whereas Trump took office as the economy is booming. That's not solely Obama's fault nor to Trump's credit.
But the state of the economy now is somewhat to Trump's credit, and some of his more ambitious brags fit the data. He really does have the lowest average unemployment of any president since official record-keeping began under Eisenhower (though he did lie and say "in the history of our country"):
Trump is correct that he has the lowest average monthly unemployment rate on record, through this point in a presidential term, but the record goes back to the Eisenhower administration, not the history of the country. pic.twitter.com/Z3NWT1WzEs
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 5, 2020
Nor is this merely dumb luck. Trump, despite tremendous criticism for violating norms around Fed independence, has consistently pressured his Fed chair, Jay Powell, to lower rates and keep them low to enable the unemployment rate to stay low and the workforce to grow.
That, plus the fiscal stimulus of Trump's tax cuts, has combined to juice the economy considerably. It's not an accident: It's deliberate policy, and, at least in the case of the Fed, it's good policy.
This success means very good things for his reelection odds. Decades of political science work on election forecasting implies that presidents running for reelection enjoy an incumbency advantage, that a strong economy helps the incumbent's party, and that high levels of US military fatalities hurt the incumbent's party.
Trump is the incumbent, the economy is growing while unemployment stays very low, and despite some close calls, he hasn't started new wars or expanded existing ones in ways that kill a lot of US service members.
So his State of the Union was a reminder that he has engineered fundamentals that mark him as the clear favorite as we head to November.
—Dylan Matthews
Loser (sort of): Socialism
This one is a bit complicated. On the one hand, socialism really did come in for a lambasting in Trump's address — a theme personified by the appearance of special guest Juan Guaidó, the young Venezuelan opposition leader/president-in-exile who challenged Nicolás Maduro, the country's socialist dictator. There are few ways to discredit socialism more effectively than by connecting it to Venezuela's humanitarian catastrophe.
On the other hand, there's a case to be made that socialism came out ahead on this night. It is perhaps the greatest sign of the American socialist movement's recent success that the incumbent president felt it necessary to spend much of his annual address to the nation condemning the ideology.
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the Climate Crisis Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 9, 2019.
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Socialism has become increasingly popular with younger Americans, as seen in the rise of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. You could argue that the socialists are not on the fringes anymore, they are winning converts, and you can see the results in Trump's anti-socialist rhetoric.
Indeed, much of the rhetoric wouldn't feel out of place in a speech by Ohio Republican Sen. Robert Taft from 1950. "One hundred thirty-two lawmakers in this room have endorsed legislation to impose a socialist takeover of our health care system, wiping out the private health insurance plans of 180 million Americans," Trump declared, wielding the s-word in an effort to discredit Medicare-for-all. "To those watching at home tonight, I want you to know: We will never let socialism destroy American health care!"
That said, connecting Venezuelan socialism to American socialism was a more effective rhetorical device than the old-and-busted "socialized medicine" routine. Who knows if it will actually prove effective with voters, but it's an anti-socialist barrage that stood out.
Winner: Trump, the greatest showman
If in 2014, I told you that the host of Celebrity Apprentice, also known for a key guest appearance in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, was running for president, and I asked you to imagine what an out-of-control game show host would do once in power, you would probably say something like "use the State of the Union for weird stunt surprises that shock and thrill the audience."
And, my god, did that manic game show host deliver.
Sgt. Townsend Williams waves next to his children after returning from deployment in Afghanistan as his wife, Amy Williams, looks on during the State of the Union.
Tuesday night did not only feature the surprise awarding of a Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh (Rush Limbaugh!), right in the middle of the speech, by the first lady, but it involved the most Oprah-esque segment of any presidential speech in memory: After praising North Carolina mother Amy Williams, who "works full time, and volunteers countless hours helping other military families … while her husband, Sgt. First Class Townsend Williams, is in Afghanistan on his fourth deployment to the Middle East," Trump … revealed Sgt. First Class Townsend Williams.
That's right. In the middle of the speech, he surprised a military spouse by bringing back her husband from a tour of duty, and had the whole nation watch their emotional reunion.
This, as much as anything, is why Donald Trump is president. He may not be a great real estate investor or casino owner, but he is an incredible showman who knows how to pull off an emotionally powerful reality show segment. He also knows how to use those skills to whip up brutal prejudices and fear of outsiders, and he did that in spades on Tuesday night as well.
But you cannot deny this skill of Trump's, and the State of the Union provided one of the most vivid reminders to date of that skill's power.
Loser: Immigrants
It's a Trump speech, so you have to expect some anti-immigrant demagoguery. But the depths and ugliness of this speech's treatment, and what it augured for Trump's reelection campaign, bears special mention.
The speech contained graphic descriptions of crimes allegedly committed by unauthorized immigrants, including one lengthy discussion of a "gruesome spree of deadly violence" committed by a "criminal alien" in California that Trump blamed on "an outrageous law declaring their whole State to be a sanctuary for criminal illegal immigrants."
Students rally in support of DACA and immigrant rights in Los Angeles on November 12, 2019.
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Not content to paint undocumented immigrants as murderers, the president also blamed them for human trafficking, drug smuggling, and sexual assault. To hear Trump tell it, America's crime problem is really an immigration problem — which, to be clear, is not true.
But perhaps the most interesting part of Trump's anti-immigrant tirade came during his discussion of health care — specifically, his attack on Medicare-for-all. Part of his argument against the bill was the classic "socialism is bad" stuff Dylan mentioned above. But the lengthier section attacked Sanders's signature policy primarily as a giveaway to undocumented immigrants.
"Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders," Trump said. "These proposals would raid the Medicare benefits our seniors depend on, while acting as a powerful lure for illegal immigration."
Trump's argument reminds me of what scholars of European far-right parties call "welfare chauvinism": the idea that the government ought to provide benefits to native-born citizens, but cannot and should not provide the same to foreigners within its borders because it's too expensive and they simply don't deserve it. Trump made this line of thinking fairly explicit in the speech.
"If forcing American taxpayers to provide unlimited free health care to illegal aliens sounds fair to you, then stand with the radical left," he said. "But if you believe that we should defend American patients and American seniors, then stand with me and pass legislation to prohibit free government health care for illegal aliens!"
This version of the argument could prove quite effective. Historically, anti-minority sentiment has been a powerful reason white voters opposed redistributive policy like welfare and food stamp expansion. This is how Trump thinks he can beat back a populist appeal from Democrats in November: by turning the battle over the welfare state into a part of the culture war.
—Zack Beauchamp
Winner: #Blexit
Back in fall 2018, conservative activist Candace Owens founded "Blexit" (black exit, like Brexit — get it?), a campaign to persuade African Americans to abandon the Democratic Party. Nobody took it very seriously at the time. And, indeed, many Trump-era efforts to court black voters have been so crass and inept as to seem more like trolling than electioneering.
But the 2020 State of the Union address featured a fairly sustained and disciplined effort to pitch Trump to African American voters. He talked about the criminal justice reform bill he signed, highlighted a student who could benefit from a school voucher program he supports, recognized a veteran of the Tuskegee Airmen, and dwelled at length on positive labor market news for black workers.
Retired US Air Force Col. Charles McGee, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen, attends the State of the Union address with his great-grandson Iain Lanphier on February 4, 2020.
Trump is obviously going to lose the black vote in November, and lose it badly. But there is some method to the madness.
As I've written before, black voters were a relative bright spot for the GOP amid the disastrous 2018 midterms. Democrat Stacey Abrams, an African American gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, did 4 percentage points better with white voters in Georgia than Hillary Clinton did two years earlier, but 4 percentage points worse with black ones. Head-to-head polling matchups also generally show Trump doing slightly better with African Americans than he did in 2016. This still involves losing black voters by lopsided margins, but every vote counts, and it makes sense for Trump to do what he can to exploit that opening.
Winner: The right-wing media
Look, I get that Rush Limbaugh has a pretty advanced case of cancer. We're not supposed to be mean to people under circumstances like those. But this is a man who has had a deeply pernicious influence on American discourse.
Limbaugh once suggested that unauthorized immigrants were spreading sexually transmitted diseases. He claimed that "feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society." He renamed the NBA the "Thug Basketball Association" and asserted that "in Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering."
Radio personality Rush Limbaugh is awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Trump as he delivers the State of the Union address.
This kind of ugliness — the race-baiting, the sexism, the xenophobia — is a mainstay of Limbaugh's show. You'd think that such a record would disqualify him from any kind of celebration during a State of the Union, let alone receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The fact that Limbaugh got it anyway is not just a personal victory for him — it's a victory for the entire alternative right-wing media ecosystem he helped pioneer. It shows the degree to which talk-radio firebrands and Fox News hosts have become integrated into the Republican establishment, unofficial branches of the party that wield tremendous influence over its operations.
It also shows the degree to which its moral counter-revolution — its constant pushback against the norms of tolerance and anti-discrimination that supposedly won out in the 1960s — has been successful. Limbaugh's legacy will be not his own show, but a constellation of conservative pundits and personalities who have taken up similar messages and spread them in different ways. They are the people who helped lay the groundwork for Trump, priming the conservative base for the backlash politics that propelled him to the White House.
So Limbaugh's award, while on a certain level grotesque, is on another level deeply fitting — a capstone for the movement that made Trump possible.
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Gears of War 4 Review (Single-Player)
Posted byTrevor Starkey November 25, 2016 October 23, 2019 Posted inTrevor Trove Archives, Trevor Trove ReviewsTags:Gears of War, Gears of War 4
Originally published on Trevor Trove on November 25, 2016
TL; DR(eview) – Gears of War 4 still feels like Gears of War, for better and worse, but a more likable core team and the experience of learning about a new threat alongside them left me much more engaged than I was with the first two entries in the series. It even does a good job getting me interested to go back and see how Gears of War 3 plays out.
My original plan in experiencing the Gears of Wars series was supposed to be more complete. When I first bought Gears of War Ultimate Edition last year, one of the biggest selling points was the inclusion of the rest of the series via the Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility program on the Xbox One. I figured I would play through the remastered original and then work my way through Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3, and Gears of War Judgment in advance of this year's Gears of War 4.
But Gears didn't really hook me when I first dove in late last year so the whole thing got thrown on the backburner. Eventually, when looking through my backlog for something to play a few months back I started to reignite the original plan, going so far as to publish my review of the original Gears of War on the Gears of War 4 release date during another one of my "review weeks." The overall takeaway though was that I was somewhat lukewarm on the series. I didn't have the urge to jump right into the sequel, but I went ahead and installed the rest of them on the Xbox One so they'd be there when I was ready.
I eventually dove into the second game and played through it over the course of a week or so. The issues I had with the first were largely still intact but the pacing of the sequel seemed to really miss the mark for me. It felt hours too long and I just found myself bored and going through the motions probably three-quarters of the way through the game. So once again, I wasn't too eager to jump right into Gears of War 3.
But I came up with the idea for this Shooter Week of reviews and determined that Gears of War 4 would be one of the most relevant options for the season. So I decided to skip Gears of War 3 and Judgment for the time being and jump straight into this title. People had been pitching it as a soft reboot with a somewhat standalone story anyway so I figured "what the hell?"
Gears of War 4 picks up a generation after the previous games. After a flashback prologue to early key battles that serve as the game's tutorials, the present-day action picks up with J.D. Fenix, son of war-hero and protagonist of games past Marcus. J.D. and his friend Del have deserted the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) and aligned themselves with a group of Outsiders. Their trio, and your core party for the game, is rounded out by Kait, the daughter of the Outsider village leader.
While raiding a COG settlement for supplies, the group faces off against robotic DeeBee soldiers under the command of COG leader Jinn. Jinn accuses J.D., Del, and the Outsiders of kidnapping settlers. They escape to the settlement where the real perpetrators, a new threat dubbed the "Swarm" steal or kill everyone save our trio, who were locked away in hiding by Kait's mother during the attack. J.D. reluctantly leads his team to his childhood home for aid from his father Marcus, despite the two of them having some clearly unresolved family history. With a desire to rescue the kidnapped and identify this new enemy, they unite to investigate.
Entering this title as I have, missing the key events of Gears of War 3, the game did an adequate job bringing me up to speed where it needed too. Obviously, there was a big, war-ending victory for the COG over the Locust in that title, but this game suggests perhaps things weren't wrapped up as neatly as the COG led everyone to believe.
Overall, I find the characters and tone of this game a lot more likable than the overly gruff and serious Marcus/Dom partnership of the previous games. Cole and Baird added a bit of humor and levity to those titles but I found them used too sparingly to effect the overall tone. Here, J.D., Del, Kait, and even Marcus are cracking jokes with noticeably more regularity, even in spite of the horrors they're facing. A particular series of jokes about deeming a situation "all clear" despite the fact that time and again, things obviously aren't "all clear" or that somebody was "jinxing" them by saying so comes across as inherently more relatable and accessible.
Unlike, the original Gears' decision to start Marcus' story in the middle of a war, the choice here to introduce all of the new elements to the new war at the same time as the character is also a smart move. There's certainly enough history to get filled in over time, but with the mystery of the "Swarm" as an adversary being the same for both the characters and the player, it helps further drive home the connection between the two. There are certainly familiar story beats here compared to the original games, but that's a fairly common staple of the sequel/soft reboot dominating media these days with examples ranging from The Force Awakens and Jurassic World to something like the 2016 Ratchet & Clank. The game effectively sets up a new era of heroes and enemies to face-off against, while still providing enough touchstones for fans of the series to remain engaged with what they love.
The Gameplay
The gameplay of Gears feels largely in line with the other games I've played: heavier and slower than all of the other titles I've looked at this week. But with two other Gears titles under my belt this time out, I had a much better handle on the mechanics and the "just shoot shit until it's dead" strategy.
The four-weapon load-out remains with one slot reserved for grenades, one for a pistol, and the remaining two for a rotation of other two-handed guns like the classic Retro Lancer assault rifle/chainsaw, or assorted submachine guns, shotguns, etc. The new enemy often behaves just like the enemies of games past (as the story alludes, perhaps with good reason). With one of the most common enemies of this game being a metamorphized human labeled a "Juvie" that rushes you and focuses on melee combat, I often found myself hanging out to a Lancer for easy chainsaw kills when these things tried to overwhelm me.
One of the new experiences for me, was the way the campaign incorporated an abbreviated version of the popular Horde mode. Throughout the campaign, J.D. and his team come across areas where they have to effectively fortify the grounds and fend off multiple waves of enemies. Each site has a fabricator on hand where fortifications like turrets can be constructed as well as ammunition or guns. Using the limited power that replenish a bit after each wave, the game becomes part-strategy, part-shooter as each wave typically brings with it a diverse set of enemies and challenges. I certainly can appreciate the appeal of the Horde mode after this sampling, but probably still got enough of a taste of it without needing to dive into the full-blown experience.
While I had a fun enough time overall there were certainly a pair of frustrating experiences that I repeatedly ran into playing solo with the AI for support. The first was with the recurring "Snatcher" enemy. This enemy is able to grab you or your allies and carry you off within their body. If the character is not freed in a timely manner, the Snatcher escape, triggering a game over. Multiple times I wound up getting snatched up and more often than not, just had to sit there helplessly watching the enemy flee while my teammates focuses on a less game-ending threat, cursing until the eventual Game Over screen appeared. Similarly, if one of my companions was captured, there seemed to be not rhyme or reason to how much damage I had to do or where I had to target the enemy to free my friend. So the Snatcher managed to flee in these cases as well leading to an immediate Game Over.
The other frustration came nearly anytime I faced off against an enemy with a Dropshot weapon. The Dropshot effectively launches out a projectile that, when triggered, will drop where it is, drilling into an enemy if it connects and explode. And despite my abhorrently terrible accuracy with the thing, it seemed pretty much every enemy who shot it at me managed to time the drop at me perfectly, drilling into my head for an instant death, unless I was aware enough it was coming and able to roll out of the way.
These types of deaths feel cheap. Semi-unavoidable instant-kills aren't fun in my book. With the former, these moments are the only times I really hated the AI I was playing with because it was really the only time they just proved entirely worthless in saving my admittedly bad at games dumb ass. And with the latter, I would understand the enemy occasionally being able to perfectly line up that shot from across a battlefield or maybe moreso at close range. But every single time, regardless of the distance? On the Normal difficulty setting? Nope. Not for me.
These minor gripes aside, I ultimately had a lot more fun with this game than the previous two installments I've played. Based on my observations, I think that's a mix of appreciating the characters of this story a bit more alongside just generally having a better grasp on how to play a Gears game. And weirdly, having heard some of my friends identify Gears of War 3 as their favorite in the series, this game (and knowing somewhat how that game will end) did a much better job getting me excited to play Gears of War 3 than Gears of War 2 did. I'm equally interested to jump back in time to see how Epic Games closed out their initial trilogy as I am to see where The Coalition takes the series moving forward as the new stewards of the franchise.
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Thornberg: SLO County poised to lead regional recovery
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Comments Off on Thornberg: SLO County poised to lead regional recovery
With its wine grapes, relatively affordable housing and recovering labor market, San Luis Obispo County sits at the leading edge of the recovering in the Tri-Counties and statewide.
That was the view from Chris Thornberg, founder of Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics, at the semi-annual Central Coast Economic Forecast held in Atascadero on June 6. Speaking to a crowd of several hundred business and government leaders, he said the Central Coast was well positioned to benefit from a steady economic recovery being driven by increasing real estate values and financial markets that have made sustainable gains.
"I"m happy to say SLO County has moved to the forefront of growth in a state that's at the forefront of growth in the national economy," Thornberg said.
Thornberg attributed much his optimism to real estate prices. "Real estate is booming. It's the real deal, and it's going to be affect many different levels of the economy," he said.
The good news is that defaults are down. They totaled about 100 units in San Luis Obispo County in the first quarter, down 75 percent from the year prior. On the surface, construction also looks good — with 128 units of multifamily housing in the works, the county's multifamily construction rate is up 267 percent this year — but, as Thornberg noted, "That's coming up from almost nothing."
Indeed, even the increase in real estate values in the Golden State rests on troubling fundamentals. After years of oversupply from a mid-2000s building glut, the housing market is running tight on inventory. Nationally, there's about five months worth of housing stock on the market, with California's rate at about half of that at 2.5 months.
"That's nothing," Thornberg said. "When supply is that tight, you get bidding wars. That pushes up prices, and things move forward."
Indeed, the one-two punch of tightened federal lending standards and California's aversion to new building could put a drag on the housing markets.
"You've got a situation where the middle class can't get mortgages," Thornberg said. And housing supply "is one of the biggest issues we face — the fact that we have the most unaffordable housing market in the nation."
The subtext is that getting people out of the rental market and into the homeownership market has a heavy influence on household net worth, which, in Thornberg's view, has helped drive the recover and is part of the reason he predicts a national GDP growth rate in the 3 percent range for the second half of 2013. "There's been a wonderful increase in the average household net worth," he said.
Thornberg is optimistic about growth because much of that increase in average household net worth appears to have come from families de-leveraging and paying down debt even as real estate values rise. That, coupled with financial market recoveries that have made 401(k) accounts look a little less horrific, have given households confidence to spend again. Thornberg also said he believes the gains are sustainable because they have been driven by low interest rates on corporate debt and record-breaking profits as big firms made productivity gains during the recession. Overall, prices are more in line with earnings than they have been at previous peaks, which means the highs aren't a bubble. "The bounce back to the stock market is the real deal, and I argue it has some headroom," Thornberg said.
When families feel financially secure, they buy wine and take vacations, which is good for SLO County, Thornberg said. And that applies internationally. "South America has been booming with strong economies and sending people up here," he said. And most of the 40 percent increase in China's tourists are coming to California. They're buying wine and ordering more when the return home.
"Wine exports from this state are exploding," Thornberg said, noting that he had visited the Central Coast several times in recent months to pick up bottles for his own collection. "Finally, the rest of the world is figuring out that the stuff they make in France is swill."
Thornberg dismisses California's chronically low rankings on business climate lists — "I have yet to see any of the surveys that actually correlate to growth rates," he said – but he did note that manufacturing, an important sector on the Central Coast does face undue hurdles in the state that must be addressed for long term growth. He also warned that while Proposition 30, the tax increase championed by Gov. Jerry Brown and passed by voters, has had a positive impact, state lawmakers could yet squander it. "Sacramento has never met a surplus it doesn't like to spend," Thornberg said.
Indeed, Thornberg said the nation has nothing to fear but its inept lawmakers.
"The only remaining big risk out there is the political environment – the ability of the folks we send to Washington to get off their ideological keisters and get some business done," he said.
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The 22-year-old came off the bench to finish a counter-attack and complete the holders' comeback win, giving Real the advantage for the return game in Madrid next Tuesday.
Bayern took the lead at the sold-out Allianz Arena through Joshua Kimmich, but Marcelo equalised just before the break and Asensio put Real Madrid ahead.
Bayern have lost six games in a row against Real, their worst run against any side in the competition.


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I've been listening to NPR and The Diane Rehm Show for many years now. Many of the books I've read are books I learned about on Rehm's show when she'd interview authors about their latest publications. I've also enjoyed the insights into various topics on her show as well. Despite being an avid listener of her show, I somehow was unaware that she had a few books of her own published. To my delight, I came across her most recent memoir in my local library, On My Own.
Due to the book's short length, I was initially going to include it in my "holiday week reading wrap up" but when I began reading it, I realized that this book deserved a post to itself. The subject matter is too important to be thrown in with the other three books I read over the course of the week.
On My Own is Diane Rehm's reflections on her life immediately following the death of her husband of 54 years, John Rehm. John had Parkinson's disease and as the disease took over his body, he began to lose his ability to function. In early June of 2014, John made the decision that he'd refuse food, water and medication which ultimately lead to his death on June 24, 2014.
John's death immediately changed Diane's life. She had never lived on her own before and as she approached the age of 80, she was faced with living a life without the person who had been next to her for over half a century. Rehm discusses how loneliness, grief and sadness affected her personal and professional life. The circumstances of John's death turned Diane into an advocate for the right to die movement. Her advocacy for this caused a stir in the NPR headquarters as she began speaking, and ultimately representing this controversial stance.
The book is set up in a series of what appears to be both journal entries and essays. The journal entries are far more personal as Rehm reflects on the life she once had with John, including traditions the two of them had around the holidays and different memories the two made with each other. The essays are generally more topical and talk about grief, death and the politics that relate to them. Both of these formats work well together in this book offering a comprehensive look into the mind of someone who is trying to maneuver through life in the wake of all of these traumatic changes that have taken place.
Some of the more difficult parts of this short memoir are when Diane takes into consideration her own death – you can see she has a trepidation as she considers the last days of her life. She is adamant that she is given her own right to die as she refuses to die without any dignity. Diane mentions the death of her parents in here quite often – insisting that her dad died 11 months after her mother of a 'broken heart' – and as I read through her memoir, I could only think that Diane believed she'd have the same fate – a death due caused by a broken heart at the loss of her beloved, John.


The book: In the young-adult novel Flight Season (Wednesday Books) Vivi Flannigan is crippled with grief after the loss of her father, which causes her to nearly flunk out of her first year at a prestigious college. As an attempt to save her grades, she takes a hospital internship for the summer and meets TJ Carvalho, a career-minded nursing student who is focused on finding a professional path outside of his overbearing family's restaurant. Although TJ wants nothing to do with Vivi, the two are assigned as glorified babysitters to a difficult teenaged patient Ángel Solís, an undocumented immigrant who is suffering from a life-threatening heart disease. Through their time with Ángel, they learn important lessons about friendship and love.
The author: Marie Marquardt '94 is a professor at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and has been an advocate for Latin American immigrants in the South for two decades. She is also the author of young adult novels The Radius of Us and Dream Thing True.


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Chester look to bounce back in clash with Boston United
By Daniel Heald @DanHeald81 Sports Reporter
ANTHONY JOHNSON understands the frustration of fans after recent setbacks, but insists that poor results are not unique to Chester.
Last weekend's shock 2-1 defeat at Bradford Park Avenue was arguably the Blues' worst performance of the National League North campaign to date.
But after some supporters took to social media hit out at a lacklustre display, the unpredictability of the league was evident again as basement side Bradford won at title-chasing King's Lynn Town in midweek.
Blues joint-manager Johnson said: "I could understand the negative reaction of some fans to a point because we've been beaten by a bottom of the league club.
"We're a team that wants to win promotion and we should be doing everything to win those types of games. There should have been a win-at-all costs mentality and the fans were disappointed that they didn't see that type of performance.
"Frustrations can spill over and I genuinely understand that, but we're not the only club this happens to.
"People say things like 'Typical Chester' after we've lost a game in the way we did at Bradford.
"But Bradford going to King's Lynn and winning tells you everything about this league. If you turn up and you're not 100 per cent at it - you get found out.
"Hopefully they'll go on to beat more good sides now and take points off some of the other teams around us.
"Inconsistency doesn't just apply to us. Teams like Boston haven't won in four and have faltered recently. Yes, we can be inconsistent but we're still sixth in the league and four points off third."
Blues midfielder Gary Roberts denied rumours of disharmony in the Blues dressing room following last weekend's defeat in Yorkshire.
On Twitter, he wrote: "Hearing talk of a rift in the changing room. The lads love each other and have just lost one game, please keep supporting us every week and we will give everything for you."
Johnson also dismissed the online speculation as 'nonsense' and says that squad cohesion and unity among the players remain strong ahead of Saturday's game against Boston United.
The clash with the third-placed Pilgrims precedes an away game at promotion-hopefuls Altrincham a week later in what could be a pre-cursor to the play-off finals.
Johnson added: "This is the best group of players me and Bernard have ever had. There's great camaraderie in that dressing room and everyone has a lot of respect for each other.
"If we can get ourselves into the play-offs at the end of the season, the next two games against Boston and Alty could be like dress-rehearsals.
"It's going to be a tough, physical game. Boston have done really well this season but have had a rough patch in the last two or three weeks. I'm sure they'll look to exploit set-pieces where they can and use the width of the pitch.
"The likes of Jordan Thewlis and Jay Rollins are both big threats and we'll have to make sure we deal with them."
The Blues expect to be at full-strength for tomorrow's game, with no serious injury concerns.


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Q: C++ cURL JSON error 3221226356 more then one time Hi i got problem with API call when i try to send request secount time (while loop in main.cpp from sqlDB), for the first time everything is ok, but secount request get good JSON response but after that my problem close with
Process exited after 80.64 seconds with return value 3221226356

full console screen
Api call script:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <fstream>
#include "json.hpp"
#include <sstream>
#include <windows.h>

//
using namespace std;

struct MemoryStruct {
    char *memory;
    size_t size;
};

static size_t
WriteMemoryCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
{
    size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
    struct MemoryStruct *mem = (struct MemoryStruct *)userp;

    mem->memory = (char*)realloc(mem->memory, mem->size + realsize + 1);
    if (mem->memory == NULL) {
        /* out of memory! */
        printf("not enough memory (realloc returned NULL)\n");
        return 0;
    }

    memcpy(&(mem->memory[mem->size]), contents, realsize);
    mem->size += realsize;
    mem->memory[mem->size] = 0;
    return realsize;
}

double api_call(string asin){

    struct MemoryStruct chunk;

    string link = "https://api.rainforestapi.com/request?api_key=xxx";
    link += asin;
    link += "&type=offers";
    int n = link.length();
    char link_char[n + 1];
    strcpy(link_char, link.c_str());

    chunk.memory = (char*)malloc(1);  /* will be grown as needed by the realloc above */
    chunk.size = 0;    /* no data at this point */
    CURL *curl;
    CURLcode res;
    char* curlErrStr = (char*)malloc(CURL_ERROR_SIZE);
    curl = curl_easy_init();
    curl_slist* httpHeaders = NULL;
    if(curl)
    {

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, link_char);

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteMemoryCallback);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&chunk);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "libcurl-agent/1.0");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
    /* get it! */

    curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    curl_global_cleanup();
    }

    ofstream oplik;
    oplik.open("test.json");
    oplik << chunk.memory;
    oplik.close();
    if (chunk.memory){
        free(chunk.memory);
    }

    ifstream fJson("test.json");
    stringstream buffer;
    buffer << fJson.rdbuf();
    auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(buffer.str());
    double price = json["offers"][0]["price"]["value"];
    fJson.close();
    return(price);

}

I add printf to see where it crash
printf("4");
curl_global_cleanup();
printf("5");

and i can see 4 but not 5, so i think cleanup() crush console, any idea ?
It is test so code is not good but works :)
Maybe someone can find whats wrong cuz i cant ;/

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Who would have thought Bali would become such a "trendy" island! I mean, sure, it was always popular because of its beauty, wonderfully lush nature and tradition, its dear smiling people, but this is way above what I might have expected few years ago when I visited for the first time. While I was thinking about this Bali series for the blog, I often stumbled across posts and photos from Bali, "things to do", "ultimate places to visit" etc. and it seems like – everybody is in Bali at the moment or they have just come back from the place! You can't even say that you like to travel if you haven't been to Bali yet, right! It's fascinating how the place can "explode" in a relatively short period of time!
Don't get me wrong, I am more than happy that the island's economy might get boosted by more and more visits throughout the years, but I am slightly concerned because of the impact mass tourism usually has to places. What if it just gets too crowded?
Anyway, for all of you who have never been to the island (if there are any of you left), let me just tell you: Bali was one of my favorite destinations! This was my first trip to the country so foreign in terms of language and alphabet, that I immediately felt lost! Also, it's so remote when coming from Europe, that I got the impression that people there don't really know or care about the specific country you're from. It's Europe, right, that was enough!
Coming from Serbia, I got used to explaining to people I encounter overseas that "it's a small Central European country", that my city was once "the capital of former Yugoslavia" etc. And when I came here, I didn't expect anything less. I mean, why would Serbia be interesting to Indonesia and Bali politically or in any other way, more than to the US and the West? (And most people from the Americas I have met during my journeys did struggle to locate it.) It's halfway around the world from Belgrade after all! And you know what happened? Just listen!
I was chatting with the guy who was carrying my bags and showing me the room at the hotel in Nusa Dua when I have checked in. Nice, polite conversation – about my flight, if I was on holidays, how long I was planning to stay on the island etc. And of course, I said where I was from. The guy was silent, thinking for a while, obviously couldn't really place Serbia on the map of Europe in his head. But suddenly, he smiled widely.
Oh, it made me so proud. Well, Novak, I sincerely thank you!
Whenever I talked to locals afterwards and when they seemed to frown in confusion after asking about my homeland, I was just mentioning Novak's name. And got patting on my shoulder almost every time!
Can't really tell you what my first impression was of the island, because I landed at night. The capital Denpasar's airport seemed small but nice, and I was greeted there by the local guide I have booked in advance. He held a sign with my name on it – my first name was spelled correctly while I couldn't even recognize letters in the last name.
It was so helpful that the guide has picked me up, since I was coming from Singapore to Bali, truly tired. The flight was pleasant, short, but I have spent few days in Singapore back then, rushing around like crazy. So much so that my feet and legs seriously ached.
My bags were put in the car, we were chatting on the way to the hotel, making arrangements to having tea together the next day. And I felt kind of relieved. Didn't know why at that moment, but soon I realized that I was still under Singapore pressure. In comparison to the city-state that is all so disciplined and supervised, it seemed that I have come to the laid-back place that welcomed me with open arms.
It turned out to be so true!
« BALI, Island of Gods!
Too funny that everyone seems to know the Djokovic – Serbia connection! It sounds like your arrival in Bali was much needed, and that although your name wasn't spelled correctly your pick up went as smoothly as it could. I'd definitely like to go back to Bali one day to explore more of the island!
The same here, I'd go back any time. People are extremely friendly.
So funny how they automatically knew your country after mentioning Novak Djokovic. I find that sports is a way a lot of countries get to know one another, namely through the players, and in that sense the world gets a little smaller and more aware of one another. Cool story though, would really love to visit Bali someday!
I'm currently in Perth, Australia and Bali is a hot spot for Perth people! I've met people who've been about 12 times. I haven't been yet but can't wait to go!
The massage sounds pretty relaxing (I think I need one right now. LOL) after your trip to Singapore. Bali sounds very laidback indeed, I wish I could visit soon, too.
It's not that I don't like the crowds, but it rather seems like I'd only do more damage since we're all visiting at the same time. It wouldn't be the first spot on the planet to be ruined but its visitors, unfortunately. That's why the island's popularity gets me worried sometimes.
I haven't really explored Bali because many have shared that it's just a typical beach travel destination to unwind and relax (which I'm not that much into). An active traveller, I prefer to explore various attractions rather than sitting back and relaxing. Which is a waste, because I live so near to Bali HAHA!
I am very conflicted with Bali. I have heard (and of course seen pictures) that it is such a beautiful place. However, many news about beaches and ocean full of trash, has made me wondering if I want to wittness that in person. It is such a horrible thing happening, and something must be done soon.
I agree, mass tourism can be devastating to places of such beauty. There must be a way to incorporate some sustainable solution. But, everyone should probably start with and reconsider their own habits when traveling, right!
Indeed Bali is of one of our favorite island destinations and we'd love to go back in a heartbeat. In fact have been already working on an itinerary to spend a month this year. Love the smiling people and beauty that lies there.
Bali is definitely a trendy destination, pretty much all of my friends have been there within the last couple of years, I must be the only one that hasn't visited yet! The beaches and temples do look amazing, though.
That massage after the flight from Singapore sounds like the perfect way to start a relaxed holiday, massages are one of the things I mist the most from Souteast Asia!
I'm sure you'll love it when you do go eventually. 🙂 Even though it's that popular, it's such a pity not to see it in person.
And yes, I totally agree regarding those lovely Asian massages. Such a treat after a long day, right!


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Q: How can i use nested serializer inside the same serializer? class UserViewSerializer(DynamicFieldsMixin,serializers.ModelSerializer):
    followers_set = UserViewSerializer(required=False,many=True)

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields  = ('id','email','username','password','followers_set')
        depth = 2

is there anyway i can use this function without getting this error?
    followers_set = UserViewSerializer(source='follows',required=False,many=True)
NameError: name 'UserViewSerializer' is not defined

i tried SerializerMethodField but then i can't use depth option there
following_set = serializers.SerializerMethodField()

    def get_following_set(self, user):
        return UserViewSerializer(User.objects.filter(follows__author=user), many=True).data

using SerializerMethodField gives me error of:
RecursionError at /api/users/
maximum recursion depth exceeded

Can somebody help me please?

A: The simplest way to handle this is to make three serializers: one without a followers_set, one with a followers_set that uses the previous one, and one that users the second model, so:
# no followers_set
class UserViewSerializer0(DynamicFieldsMixin,serializers.ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields  = ('id','email','username')

# followers_set, but only depth 1
class UserViewSerializer1(DynamicFieldsMixin,serializers.ModelSerializer):
    followers_set = UserViewSerializer0(source='follows',required=False,many=True)

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields  = ('id','email','username')

# followers_set, with depth 2
class UserViewSerializer(DynamicFieldsMixin,serializers.ModelSerializer):
    followers_set = UserViewSerializer1(source='follows',required=False,many=True)

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields  = ('id','email','username')
This is more safe as well, since you can not define recursive loops, unless you indeed work with SerializerMethodField, which is not a good idea if you add extra serializers.
It might however be better no to go to depth two, but stick to depth one. It will generate large responses already, make creating objects more cumbersome, and it will result in a lot of extra queries.


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Sports News of Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Source: cafonline.com
West African Derby as Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana seek Olympic ticket
They might have not be pre-tournament favorites to reach this stage, but they proved worthy to compete for one of the final tickets, and an automatic qualification to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Cote d'Ivoire locks horns with neighbors Ghana in a West African derby as the ongoing Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations reaches its semifinal stage. Both sides are aiming to continue their fairytale story with a place in the Olympics at stake.
Les Elephants started their group stage campaign with a hard fought 1-0 victory over holders Nigeria. After losing with the same result against South Africa, they bounced to beat Zambia 1-0 and finish Group B on top.
On the other hand, Ghana's Black Meteors came from behind to hold Cameroon to a 1-1 draw, before twice surrendering their lead to lose 3-2 against hosts Egypt. A 2-0 victory over Mali coupled with Egypt win over Cameroon guaranteed them a place in the semifinals.
While missing their star forward Christian Kouame who grabbed a knee injury that will see him sidelined for a long period, Cote d'Ivoire will be counting on the heroics of the likes of Edgard Dakoi, Youssouf Dao and skipper Ismail Diallo.
Meanwhile Ghana led by former Black Stars midfielder Ibrahim Tanko will hope the likes of Yaw Yeboah, Evans Mensah and Habib Mohamed would be inform to inspire the Black Meteors to an Olympic return.
Cote d'Ivoire v Ghana – Cairo International Stadium (16:00 local time, 14:00 GMT)
Soualiho Haidara (Coach, Cote d'Ivoire)
We have to be ready to face Ghana. I studied them well and we are focused and prepared. The semifinal is different from the group stage and we have to beware. We are missing a couple of key players, but whoever plays can do the job.
Ismail Diallo (Captain, Cote d'Ivoire)
We will do our best. Now we are just one step away from Tokyo 2020. We play all our games to win whoever the opponent is. Anything can happen against Ghana, and we have to be proud of ourselves now.
Ibrahim Tanko (Coach, Ghana)
Cote d'Ivoire is a difficult team and facing them is not going to be easy especially in a game of this magnitude. I trust my players to win and reach the final, and also grab the ticket for the Olympics. All my players are ready.
Yaw Yeboah (Captain, Ghana)
We are ready. All the teams in the semifinal are very strong and they deserved to be here. We will give our best to win this match and achieve our target which is a place in the Olympics.
Black Meteors return home after ending disastrous Asian tour
Black Meteors were not prepared for Japan-South Korea friendlies - Michael Osei
'Are you proud of yourselves?' - Ghana U24 mocked for another defeat to South Korea U24
Ghana U-24 XI for today's friendly game against South Korea
Watch highlights of Black Meteors' 2-1 defeat against South Korea


Receiving an OBE in her twenties and working on the 2012 London Olympics are just some of the career highlights for Jess Annison, 33 year old project manager and director of change and improvement at the Open University.
There were many hurdles along the way. Just before the Games were due to begin, G4S announced it couldn't supply the security personnel it promised and the army had to step in at the last minute. It wasn't an easy job fixing such an important aspect of the Games so close to the opening ceremony and emotions were running high.
Shortly afterwards at the age of just 29, Annison received thanks above and beyond what most project managers might expect for a job well done – a letter in the post announcing her OBE for services rendered on the London Olympics. "I was shocked. Plenty of swear words when I opened the letter!" says Annison.
Following such a career high, Annison was anxious to take on another big challenge. She joined management firm PA Consulting and ran a diverse range of projects from installing project management functions in a major logistics organisation, to information security at a defence company.
It was 16 months later that she landed her best role yet, working with the Open University. "I love it! Bill Bryson called the Open University one of the UK's national treasures," she says.
"I never had a career plan," she admits. "I still don't. I think you don't need to worry if you don't have a plan. Look out for opportunities and be brave. Have confidence things will work out. They probably will".
The project manager is responsible for day-to-day management of the project and must be competent in managing all aspects of a project.
There are many routes to becoming a project manager, from gaining a qualification, to working your way up on the job.
Whether you have a question around qualifications or courses, some advice based on your personal insights, or wish to tell us your project success story, we'd love to hear from you.


NEXT WEEK, PART 1 - HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
Wednesday, February 13th; a discussion of 199A, the interest expense rules, and utilization of Net Operating Losses under the new law.
Wednesday, February 27th; they will continue with a workshop on the effect these new rules have on the tax return, with a special discussion on the new aggregation rules. This worksheet format will emphasize fact patterns and the resulting tax return implications.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THESE MEETINGS!
Each Session will run 2.5 hrs.
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New York Blood Center has received wide spread media coverage of the current Blood Emergency and Blood Drive sponsors in mid-June really stepped up to spread the word and try to encourage additional blood donations to help rebuild the inventory, but we're not out of the woods yet. With the approaching 4th of July holiday falling mid-week, many people go on vacation or use vacation days to extend the holiday. This means that blood donations will be significantly lower. In fact, weekly blood donations are on a steady decline with 7500 last week, 6500 expected this week and just 4500 expected next week during the holiday. Types O-, B- and A- are all at critical levels.
Thank you for hosting your blood drive during the critical summer months and so close to the holiday! Blood donations at this time of year are even more precious as blood is not available to be shared across the nation for centers that have shortfalls.
Please try to encourage walk-ins, first time donors and those that have not returned to donate in years to step up and participate at your upcoming drive.
Presented by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law Hofstra University and Meltzer Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP.


The toll level on National Highway 5, one of Vietnam's most modern expressways connecting the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong, will climb soon, helping the investor ensure the project's financial viability, and raise capital for road quality maintenance and improvement.
From April 1, 2016 the toll at two stations on National Highway 5 will be revised as per the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Circular No.153/2015/TT-BTC dated October 2015. The new toll level for vehicles of under 12 seats, trucks of below two tonnes, and public buses will increase to VND45,000 ($2), up from VND30,000 (14 cents) applied from December 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. Meanwhile, the highest toll level applied to trucks of above 18 tonnes will jump to VND200,000 ($9), up from VND160,000 ($7.3) also applied from December 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
This is the second toll increase in the past five months.
Acknowledging that such a toll hike could increase the burden on transportation firms operating on this route, Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Financial Investment Corporation (Vidifi), assigned by the government to manage toll collection on National Highway 5, said that the move was crucial to help ensure financial feasibility of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) Hanoi-Haiphong expressway project in which they acted as the developer.
The 105 kilometre long Hanoi-Haiphong expressway was opened to traffic in early December 2015 after more than seven years of construction. To help the BOT developer recoup its investment capital of $2.08 billion, the government has permitted Vidifi to collect the toll on National Highway 5. In the initial period after the expressway was put into use, the developer was reported to bear daily interest payments of VND8 billion ($366,000). The developer estimated that only after 16 years of use, the toll collection on National Highway 5 would balance the interest payments. Meanwhile, it would take an estimated 30 years to recover the investment capital.
According to Vidifi, the project's recently-approved financial plan would fail if Vidifi was not allowed to raise the toll level on National Highway 5. In addition, the toll revision aims to make good on Vidifi's promise with an undisclosed business partner who will be involved in the transfer of part of the BOT expressway contract.


Vaccinating our children continues to stir some of the most heated debates between parents in this country. I've touched on this issue before, sparking some interesting comments on both childhood and adolescent vaccines.
This morning, NPR aired a terrific report on one of the newest vaccines, Gardasil, the vaccine that protects girls against cervical cancer caused by HPV, a sexually transmitted disease. It's the first vaccine that protects against cancer, and yet millions of parents are opting out of the course of shots for their daughters. In fact, according to NPR, "as of 2007, just one in five girls under the age of 18 had received" this vaccine.
For some, it seems the recommended age for vaccination is a factor. The CDC advises parents to vaccinate their 11-12 year-old daughters, the FDA recommends vaccinating 9 year-olds. The point, experts assert, is to vaccinate before the girl becomes sexually active. But for many mothers--like the ones interviewed for the NPR report--9, 10, or 11 years old is simply too young to vaccinate against complications brought on by a sexually transmitted disease.
Other parents are unsure of the safety of this new vaccine. As the NPR report points out, "since 2006, there have been 21 HPV-vaccine-related deaths reported to the CDC. The reports require no absolute proof of a link, only a suspicion of one." And for many mothers, suspicion is enough to tip the scale.
Interestingly, these issues are causing less concern in other countries, like the U.K. NPR reports that "in Great Britain, a survey shows that up to 70 percent of parents would agree to have their young adolescent daughters get the vaccine against cervical cancer." The speculation is that the government run health care system making this--and other vaccines--available at no additional cost puts this vaccine in reach of many who could not otherwise afford it. In the U.S., a full course of the vaccine will cost about $400.
What's your opinion on this particular vaccine, Mamas? Post a comment and don't miss my new poll in the right hand column.
I am 22 .. And i had this vaccine a month ago. I still have one needle left! I am unsure if everything in Australia is the same as over there, but I don't think that it is available to 9 year olds here. I would still protect my child with it, i think. Although, i think it all depended on the child. And another factor is, here, it is free for us, until december this year. From then on, its $400. So money is an issue for me - in regards to myself - i'd rather be safe by having the vaccination, than sorry. I also took into account the history of cancer that is in my family. And so far for me, my out look doesn't look so great. At least now i can be protected from at least ONE of the many cancer's out there!


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USVI Law Enforcement Agents and Members of the U.S. Attorney's Office National OCDETF Award for Operation PY Beto Kilo and Drug Interdiction Efforts | USAO-VI
St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that federal and local Virgin Islands law enforcement officers, together with members of the Virgin Islands U.S. Attorney's…
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Hawaii Businesswoman Pleads Guilty to Facilitating Back-Channel Lobbying Campaign to Drop 1MDB Investigation and Remove a Foreign National to China | OPA
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Developers of mobile travel applications are more focused on features that boost the user experience than on ensuring increased security for their programs and customer data, a recent report from Bluebox Security reveals.
According to the mobile security company, even the top 10 most popular mobile travel apps lack proper security, and all of the analyzed programs include critical flaws. The issues impact applications designed for popular mobile platforms including Android and iOS.
The firm notes that many developers have created numerous points of entry for attackers to access sensitive data by overlooking the security of their apps.
In their analysis, Bluebox researchers found that only one in ten Android travel apps encrypts data stored on mobile devices, leaving data such as usernames, passwords, e-mail and server addresses, and credit card numbers easily accessible to attackers. None of the ten iOS programs examined leveraged encryption of stored data.
The study also uncovered that certificate pinning was present in only two of the ten Android apps and in one of the ten iOS programs and that it was used only on a portion of the network connection. Thus, the rest of the examined software left users vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that can leak data in transit.
Additionally, four of the examined Android apps and six of the iOS apps included code that could offer admin functionality and could result in granting special privileges that regular users should not have access to. Attackers could exploit this to access credit card information, travel history, upcoming travel plans, and other similar data, Bluebox said.
None of the examined Android and iOS applications incorporated anti‐tampering measures, which could allow attackers activate restricted functionality and gain full control of the programs and to modify the app to include malicious code or to launch attacks on other apps. None of the apps included sufficient device integrity (jailbreak/root detection) protections.
API keys that offer access to third-party services were not hidden in 9 of the examined apps on both Android and iOS, allowing attackers to extract and use them to connect to these services disguised as developers, thus receiving access to sensitive information.
The report also shows that vendors have created, on average, only 30 percent of the app code and that the remaining 70 percent of code represented third-party components, representing potential attack points and security blind spots for developers.
Bluebox advises enterprise security teams to implement data encryption for all app data, to remove code that is not needed for the program's functionality, adding "self-defending" capabilities to mobile apps to ensure data protection, and consider security as part of the development and update process from the beginning.
Travel apps are far from alone in being the only category of apps that put user and enterprise data at risk.
Earlier this year, IBM's Application Security Research Team conducted a study of 41 popular dating applications for Android and determined that more than 60 percent of them are potentially vulnerable to cyberattacks. Additionally, a recent study found that popular gambling apps include significant security flaws.
"Mobile applications can pose serious risk to enterprise data, customers and security in general, so it is especially important for organizations to be able to identify these apps," Adam Ely, Founder and COO of Bluebox, wrote in a 2014 SecurityWeek column.
"We know that attackers follow users and the popularity of mobile apps in conjunction with the emergence of their security flaws means that mobile is prime to be the next attack vector that threatens corporate data and user privacy," Ely wrote in a SecurityWeek column earlier this month.
"Applying a zero trust model to mobile and the right security controls at the app level could align productivity and security," he said. "But the bottom line is that it's no longer about the device; it's about the applications."


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This voice work has helped thousands of people to develop, expand, and free their voices, to increase vocal power, clarity, and range and to express themselves with truth and emotional connection.
It is our birthright to have a free, natural, expressive, dynamic voice--it is through our life conditioning that we lose touch with what we were born with in the beginning. We develop survivalistic habits starting in childhood that cause us to reroute our emotional impulses into physical tension which ultimately effects our breath and the way we speak and express ourselves through our voices. The Linklater voice work teaches a way to release these physical tensions, to clear away the blocks that are getting in the way of having a free voice.


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I like hospitals best on weekends. The weekly hum of diagnostic staff, nurses and doctors is replaced with a quiet hush throughout the halls. Things slow down as the ancillary staff takes the weekend off.
As I went through the glassed walkway to the cafeteria I could see the dreary skies outside the Deaconess Hospital in Billings, Montana. It had been overcast and raining on and off for a week now. It mirrored the darkness I felt on the inside. The only bright spot was when we were able to take Darrell out for a small ride with his sister and brother-in-law. Darrell grew up primarily in Billings, so I had listened, with a smile, when he related different childhood stories. He pointed out places that were still there and their history and other places long gone. I got to see where he had started his own business as a young gas station owner until he figured out it was a lot of hard physical work for little pay. But still, I admired his entrepreneurship.
Now, we were back in the reality of life and death. The breaking of the monotony of staring at four sterile walls was only done by lab tests, preparing for tests, and procedures.
For instance, he had to drink a gallon of a thing called "Go Lightly". His bowel needed cleansed before surgery. "I don't who came up with the name for this stuff," Darrell joked, "it should be called 'Going Tsunami'." This was after about his twentieth run to the bathroom in less than a half hour.
The next adventure was when the student nurse came in to place the IV for the blood transfusion he had to have before surgery. She was a trembling, quiet little blond-headed girl that I thought looked more like fifteen than the twenty-five she said she was. Darrell had notoriously small veins, like his mother, and it was a nightmare for anyone to get an IV needle in his arm.
Patiently he stared at the ceiling, as she tried, failed, blushed and stammered an apology four times. On the fifth try, Darrell did something I had never seen him do. He grabbed her wrist and quietly said, "Enough. Find someone who can do this." I know I had a dumbfounded look on my face as she fled in tears.
Within seconds they were best friends. Darrell had that ability to connect to people in a warm, gregarious fashion. Joking around, she proved her expertise by getting it in with one try, while tisking about the new crop of student nurses. She apologized for the little blond, stating that she should have come and gotten someone after the first failed try. Darrell apologized for scaring her by grabbing her wrist. In the end, all was forgiven. The Amazon even checked back before his surgery the next morning to make sure all IV's were done to her standards.
Meanwhile I was busy making phone calls and dealing with nervous family. In times of stress, we all say things that are slightly, well, off. Take for instance my father. He was always a man of few words, very smart and yet socially clumsy. I grew to understand this, take his wisdom and not be offended. This was one time I failed.
After a long description of Darrell's health problems, my fears and the impending surgery, he tried his best to comfort me.
It floored me. How could he even think that? Didn't he understand Darrell was my soulmate? I hung up and fled for my stainless steel sanctuary. On the way a beveled glass doorway winked at me in jeweled colors. I held the storm of tears long enough to be able to read a sign that said, "Chapel." Cautiously I entered the quiet sanctuary. No one was there. I let loose the flood.
The chapel was simple and non-denominational in appearance. Wooden pews glowed with a warm polish. A Bible lay open on a podium. One wall was lined with books of all faiths, and pamphlets filled with hopeful words.
My heart cried out in desperation, asking for healing, wanting more time. In situations like this, you sometimes bargain. I asked simply for fifteen more years. Why that number was important, I don't know. It just was. But slowly I realized, it didn't matter how many years, it would never be long enough. I never wanted to be parted from him. I wanted it to last forever.
The chapel would become my new sanctuary.