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Q: SSH Tunnelling troubleshooting I am using git bash on my windows computer. I am trying to set up an SSH tunnel so I can access databases within MySQL Query Browser. The following works:
> ssh root@staging

This uses my public key and gives me access over SSH successfully, but when I try this:
> ssh -L 3307:127.0.0.1:3306 \ root@staging

I get this error:
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).

I am not sure how to troubleshoot this problem? I have tried replacing my hostname "staging" to the actual IP address, but no luck there as well. I have also tried the server IP address in place of 127.0.0.1.
Here is a snippet of sshd_config, which seems most important:
#AllowAgentForwarding yes
AllowTcpForwarding yes
#GatewayPorts no
#X11Forwarding no
X11Forwarding yes
#X11DisplayOffset 10
#X11UseLocalhost yes
#PrintMotd yes
#PrintLastLog yes
TCPKeepAlive yes
#UseLogin no
#UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
#PermitUserEnvironment no
#Compression delayed
ClientAliveInterval 0
#ClientAliveCountMax 3
#ShowPatchLevel no
#UseDNS yes
#PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid
#MaxStartups 10
#PermitTunnel no
#ChrootDirectory none

Thanks in advance.

A: when you connect using
ssh -L 3307:127.0.0.1:3306 \ root@staging

the '\' escapes the following space. therefore ssh is trying to connect with a username of ' root' not 'root'.
try without the \ and if it still fails add -vvv into the command line which provides some debugging output then update you're question with it so we can have a look.


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After the overwhelming support shown by the Romeo Community for the Black Lives Matter Protest that took place in June, the organizers decided the momentum couldn't just stop there. Local Romeo resident Clarence Womble took it upon himself to reach out to the NAACP to determine what needed to be done in order to start a branch of the organization right here in Northern Macomb County.
"I'm fully committed," Womble said. "I met with members of the (Black Lives Matter) protest in Romeo, and they came on board, and we got it going. If I was to do it on my own, I wouldn't have been able to do it. It was a total team effort. We used social media and technology. We can go out right now and campaign on behalf of the NAACP."
This will be the first North Macomb branch of the organization. Womble said Macomb County has had a NAACP branch since 1926 and it is the third-oldest branch in Michigan. The new one will include all Macomb County communities north of M-59.
As of this publication, over 130 people have signed up for a membership to the local chapter.
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#ifndef __RDP_H
#define __RDP_H

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "nla.h"
#include "mcs.h"
#include "tpkt.h"
#include "bulk.h"
#include "fastpath.h"
#include "tpdu.h"
#include "nego.h"
#include "input.h"
#include "update.h"
#include "license.h"
#include "errinfo.h"
#include "autodetect.h"
#include "heartbeat.h"
#include "multitransport.h"
#include "security.h"
#include "transport.h"
#include "connection.h"
#include "redirection.h"
#include "capabilities.h"
#include "channels.h"

#include <freerdp/freerdp.h>
#include <freerdp/settings.h>
#include <freerdp/log.h>

#include <winpr/stream.h>

/* Security Header Flags */
#define SEC_EXCHANGE_PKT					0x0001
#define SEC_TRANSPORT_REQ					0x0002
#define SEC_TRANSPORT_RSP					0x0004
#define SEC_ENCRYPT						0x0008
#define SEC_RESET_SEQNO						0x0010
#define SEC_IGNORE_SEQNO					0x0020
#define	SEC_INFO_PKT						0x0040
#define	SEC_LICENSE_PKT						0x0080
#define SEC_LICENSE_ENCRYPT_CS					0x0200
#define SEC_LICENSE_ENCRYPT_SC					0x0200
#define SEC_REDIRECTION_PKT					0x0400
#define SEC_SECURE_CHECKSUM					0x0800
#define SEC_AUTODETECT_REQ					0x1000
#define SEC_AUTODETECT_RSP					0x2000
#define SEC_HEARTBEAT						0x4000
#define SEC_FLAGSHI_VALID					0x8000

#define SEC_PKT_CS_MASK						(SEC_EXCHANGE_PKT | SEC_INFO_PKT)
#define SEC_PKT_SC_MASK						(SEC_LICENSE_PKT | SEC_REDIRECTION_PKT)
#define SEC_PKT_MASK						(SEC_PKT_CS_MASK | SEC_PKT_SC_MASK)

#define RDP_SECURITY_HEADER_LENGTH				4
#define RDP_SHARE_CONTROL_HEADER_LENGTH				6
#define RDP_SHARE_DATA_HEADER_LENGTH				12
#define RDP_PACKET_HEADER_MAX_LENGTH				(TPDU_DATA_LENGTH + MCS_SEND_DATA_HEADER_MAX_LENGTH)

#define PDU_TYPE_DEMAND_ACTIVE					0x1
#define PDU_TYPE_CONFIRM_ACTIVE					0x3
#define PDU_TYPE_DEACTIVATE_ALL					0x6
#define PDU_TYPE_DATA						0x7
#define PDU_TYPE_SERVER_REDIRECTION				0xA

#define PDU_TYPE_FLOW_TEST					0x41
#define PDU_TYPE_FLOW_RESPONSE					0x42
#define PDU_TYPE_FLOW_STOP					0x43

#define FINALIZE_SC_SYNCHRONIZE_PDU				0x01
#define FINALIZE_SC_CONTROL_COOPERATE_PDU			0x02
#define FINALIZE_SC_CONTROL_GRANTED_PDU				0x04
#define FINALIZE_SC_FONT_MAP_PDU				0x08
#define FINALIZE_SC_COMPLETE					0x0F

/* Data PDU Types */
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_UPDATE					0x02
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_CONTROL					0x14
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_POINTER					0x1B
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_INPUT					0x1C
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SYNCHRONIZE				0x1F
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_REFRESH_RECT				0x21
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_PLAY_SOUND				0x22
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SUPPRESS_OUTPUT				0x23
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SHUTDOWN_REQUEST				0x24
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SHUTDOWN_DENIED				0x25
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SAVE_SESSION_INFO				0x26
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_FONT_LIST					0x27
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_FONT_MAP					0x28
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SET_KEYBOARD_INDICATORS			0x29
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_BITMAP_CACHE_PERSISTENT_LIST		0x2B
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_BITMAP_CACHE_ERROR			0x2C
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SET_KEYBOARD_IME_STATUS			0x2D
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_OFFSCREEN_CACHE_ERROR			0x2E
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_SET_ERROR_INFO				0x2F
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_DRAW_NINEGRID_ERROR			0x30
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_DRAW_GDIPLUS_ERROR			0x31
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_ARC_STATUS				0x32
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_STATUS_INFO				0x36
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_MONITOR_LAYOUT				0x37
#define DATA_PDU_TYPE_FRAME_ACKNOWLEDGE				0x38

/* Stream Identifiers */
#define STREAM_UNDEFINED					0x00
#define STREAM_LOW						0x01
#define STREAM_MED						0x02
#define STREAM_HI						0x04

struct rdp_rdp
{
	int state;
	freerdp* instance;
	rdpContext* context;
	rdpNla* nla;
	rdpMcs* mcs;
	rdpNego* nego;
	rdpBulk* bulk;
	rdpInput* input;
	rdpUpdate* update;
	rdpFastPath* fastpath;
	rdpLicense* license;
	rdpRedirection* redirection;
	rdpSettings* settings;
	rdpTransport* transport;
	rdpAutoDetect* autodetect;
	rdpHeartbeat* heartbeat;
	rdpMultitransport* multitransport;
	struct crypto_rc4_struct* rc4_decrypt_key;
	int decrypt_use_count;
	int decrypt_checksum_use_count;
	struct crypto_rc4_struct* rc4_encrypt_key;
	int encrypt_use_count;
	int encrypt_checksum_use_count;
	struct crypto_des3_struct* fips_encrypt;
	struct crypto_des3_struct* fips_decrypt;
	struct crypto_hmac_struct* fips_hmac;
	UINT32 sec_flags;
	BOOL do_crypt;
	BOOL do_crypt_license;
	BOOL do_secure_checksum;
	BYTE sign_key[16];
	BYTE decrypt_key[16];
	BYTE encrypt_key[16];
	BYTE decrypt_update_key[16];
	BYTE encrypt_update_key[16];
	int rc4_key_len;
	BYTE fips_sign_key[20];
	BYTE fips_encrypt_key[24];
	BYTE fips_decrypt_key[24];
	UINT32 errorInfo;
	UINT32 finalize_sc_pdus;
	BOOL disconnect;
	BOOL resendFocus;
	BOOL deactivation_reactivation;
	BOOL AwaitCapabilities;
	rdpSettings* settingsCopy;
};

BOOL rdp_read_security_header(wStream* s, UINT16* flags);
void rdp_write_security_header(wStream* s, UINT16 flags);

BOOL rdp_read_share_control_header(wStream* s, UINT16* length, UINT16* type, UINT16* channel_id);
void rdp_write_share_control_header(wStream* s, UINT16 length, UINT16 type, UINT16 channel_id);

BOOL rdp_read_share_data_header(wStream* s, UINT16* length, BYTE* type, UINT32* share_id,
			BYTE *compressed_type, UINT16 *compressed_len);

void rdp_write_share_data_header(wStream* s, UINT16 length, BYTE type, UINT32 share_id);

int rdp_init_stream(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s);
wStream* rdp_send_stream_init(rdpRdp* rdp);

BOOL rdp_read_header(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, UINT16* length, UINT16* channel_id);
void rdp_write_header(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, UINT16 length, UINT16 channel_id);

int rdp_init_stream_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s);
BOOL rdp_send_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, UINT16 type, UINT16 channel_id);

wStream* rdp_data_pdu_init(rdpRdp* rdp);
int rdp_init_stream_data_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s);
BOOL rdp_send_data_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, BYTE type, UINT16 channel_id);
int rdp_recv_data_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s);

BOOL rdp_send(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, UINT16 channelId);

int rdp_send_channel_data(rdpRdp* rdp, UINT16 channelId, BYTE* data, int size);

wStream* rdp_message_channel_pdu_init(rdpRdp* rdp);
BOOL rdp_send_message_channel_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, UINT16 sec_flags);
int rdp_recv_message_channel_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s);

int rdp_recv_out_of_sequence_pdu(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s);

void rdp_read_flow_control_pdu(wStream* s, UINT16* type);

int rdp_recv_callback(rdpTransport* transport, wStream* s, void* extra);

int rdp_check_fds(rdpRdp* rdp);

rdpRdp* rdp_new(rdpContext* context);
void rdp_reset(rdpRdp* rdp);
void rdp_free(rdpRdp* rdp);

#define RDP_TAG FREERDP_TAG("core.rdp")
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG_RDP
#define DEBUG_RDP(fmt, ...) WLog_DBG(RDP_TAG, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define DEBUG_RDP(fmt, ...) do { } while (0)
#endif

BOOL rdp_decrypt(rdpRdp* rdp, wStream* s, int length, UINT16 securityFlags);

BOOL rdp_set_error_info(rdpRdp* rdp, UINT32 errorInfo);
BOOL rdp_send_error_info(rdpRdp* rdp);

#endif /* __RDP_H */

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A Step-by-Step Guide To Develop a Pediatrics On-demand App [2023]
22nd Nov, 2021
Nothing is 'normal' after the pandemic. Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 outbreak impacted our routine lifestyle and brought revolutions in almost all businesses. Among all brutally affected industries, the medicine and healthcare sector seems to have bruised the most. Essentially, social distancing changed the manner doctors and patients interact. Check-ups went online to avoid the contraction and spread of the infectious coronavirus.
This all-new scheme of healthcare services is called telemedicine. The new facade of treatment is gaining wildfire popularity due to immense convenience for doctors and patients.
The U.S. telehealth industry witnessed a 154% increase in visits in 2020. Interestingly, pediatrics telemedicine witnessed massive growth since the onset of the pandemic.
Various pediatrics apps came into existence to offer on-demand health services to infants and children. So, do you want to develop an on-demand pediatrics app? You've hopped at the best place if it's a yes!
What is an On-Demand Pediatrics App?
Like other on-demand applications, pediatrics apps offer anytime medical consultation services for patients via the Internet on smartphones and portable devices.
It is a virtual platform that connects patients to pediatricians. The robust app allows doctors to inspect the patients, diagnose the disease, and prescribe medicines through a one-to-one face-timing session. Also, it allows patients to share medicinal reports for the doctors to examine and suggest remedial measures.
Such virtual apps allow patients to escape unnecessary hospital charges while availing themselves of premium consultations from home. All these factors contribute to uplifting pediatrics apps and making them the best telemedicine solutions in the industry.
Do you wish to develop an on-demand pediatrics app? Let's find out the resources, investment, and everything required to build a classic solution from scratch. Keep reading!
Leading On-Demand Pediatrics Apps
It's time to get inspired! Let's take a look at some of the best on-demand pediatrics apps, leading the telemedicine industry.
1. KidzDocNow
KidzDocNow is one of the topmost pediatrician apps out there. It allows the users to scan through various doctor profiles and find the most suitable one for their wards. Also, it unlocks the option of video calling the healthcare provider as and whenever needed.
2. MDLive
MDLive takes pediatrician telemedicine services to all-new heights. It offers prescription home delivery services for everyone. Besides, you can browse through numerous doctor profiles and choose the best one for your children.
Like other on-demand applications, you can connect with healthcare providers via in-app phone and video calling features.
3. Lemonaid Health
Another revolution among on-demand pediatrician applications, the Lemonaid Health app, is creating benchmarks for others to follow. This platform has the elementary features of scanning doctor profiles, shortlisting the best ones, and video calling them. That's not all!
It allows patients to ask medicinal questions from the health experts on the platform. Furthermore, it assists in delivering the prescribed medicines at desired addresses to the patients.
4. Babylon
Pediatricians and patients love Babylon. Such an app lets the users scroll through numerous doctor profiles and find the perfect one for their kids. The users can also call the healthcare service provider for a better online diagnosis.
Apart from all these features, Babylon has exclusive COVID-19 assistance on the platform. Furthermore, it has the easiest appointment facilities that save time and allow simplified consultations. Also, the app assists in medicine delivery to various destinations based on prescriptions.
Feeling sparked? That's all you needed! Buckle up as we now proceed to develop similar experiences for a massive user base.
Benefits of On-Demand Pediatrics App
Did you ever wonder about the reason making on-demand pediatrician apps so popular? Essentially, the benefits offered by such applications are your answer. So, let's quickly consider the advantages of using an on-demand pediatrician app.
1. Enhanced Convenience
Who doesn't love to be treated at home! It becomes a requirement when the patient gets severely ill and is unable to move out of the house. On-demand pediatrician apps are a boon for such scenarios. Expert consultations come to the users' doorsteps to offer pinpointed diagnoses at the highest convenience.
2. Better Patient Outcomes
During the conventional cases of hospital appointments and clinic visits, doctors and nursing staff had to manage numerous tasks. Consequently, their time for patients used to get distributed.
Thanks to pediatrician apps, healthcare providers can eliminate all unnecessary responsibilities like clinic management and entirely focus on patients' heath.
3. Eliminates Paperwork
Physical visits and appointments implied volumes of paperwork for the doctors. Maintaining patient files and regularly updating the records was not a cakewalk.
Luckily, the advent of on-demand pediatrician apps eliminated paperwork from doctors' lives. They can let the app store all health records and paperwork in their smartphones, without requiring them to brainstorm.
4. Reduced Hospital Admittance Rate
Understandably, better health reduces hospital visits. Nothing can beat the wellness rate when a patient is treated at home. As the pediatrician apps bring expert consultations to the doorsteps, the hospital admittance rate reduces dramatically. It is one of the most prominent reasons behind such apps getting highly popular.
5. Affordable Services
Hospital and clinic visits incorporate numerous additional charges that raise the final bill to mind-blowing heights. Situations are way different when using on-demand pediatrician apps.
With all excess charges at bay, these platforms provide the patients with affordable services accessible from the comfort of their homes.
6. Improved Work-Life Balance for Doctors
Gone are the days when doctors had to spend hours in their cabins, clinics, and hospitals. They can give appointments and provide consultation services on the go using premium pediatrician apps. Consequently, doctors can enjoy an improved work-life balance nowadays.
7. Massive ROI
Doctors used to heavily spend on infrastructure, equipment, and managerial staff. As consultations went online, it eliminated all these expenses, producing substantial ROI for the doctors.
8. Competitive Advantage
Believe it or not, patients seek comfort and convenience through on-demand pediatrics apps. Despite being such an impressive platform, many doctors have not connected to such solutions yet.
However, the ones who did are enjoying merry days. They can attract more patients and churn a higher ROI in almost no time.
Why Invest in Developing an On-Demand Pediatrics App?
By now, you are well aware of the benefits that these platforms offer from a user perspective. Now, you might be wondering about the advantages that an investor gets by developing an on-demand pediatrics app. Take a look at the reasons below!
1. Social Distancing is Here to Stay
Social distancing protocols were not limited to the pandemic. Now, when the outbreak is contained, physical distancing remains in place. Statistics and research suggest that it is here to stay for the longest tenure.
Patients, especially the parents, are likely to avoid crowded hospitals and clinics. An on-demand pediatrics app comes as a savior for everyone. So, investing in such apps will dramatically benefit the investors.
2. A Higher ROI
A majority of patients (or their parents) possess smartphones. With the right advertisement in place, they can download on-demand pediatrics apps on their mobiles and connect to the doctors according to their convenience. So, these digital products will experience heavier user traffic in the future, producing a higher ROI.
3. Future of Healthcare
Doctors and nursing staff cannot ignore the facilities offered by on-demand pediatrics apps. So, these products will become the future of healthcare services in some time. It's the ripest moment to develop such solutions and churn massive revenues in the future.
How to Develop an On-Demand Pediatrics App?
You are already well-familiar with several elementary facts regarding on-demand pediatrics apps. Now, let's get to the best part: developing the platform. Let's see how you can craft the most beautiful experience for doctors and patients.
1. Audience Research
First things first! It would help if you understood the expectations of the target audiences regarding the on-demand pediatrics app. You should know the features and functionalities they seek in such a platform. Such an analysis will give you a clear vision to develop a flawless product.
Now that you know what the audience wants in your digital product, you can select the specifications. Wait, what does specification mean? It refers to the features and characteristics that an on-demand pediatrics app possesses.
You can refer to the leading apps in the industry and choose must-have features for your application. Besides, you can find several out-of-the-box functionalities as well.
3. Hiring an App Development Company
Developing an impeccable application from scratch is not a cakewalk. You require experience and expertise to craft such a platform. Also, you can hire all these by collaborating with a leading on-demand app development company like Auxano Global Services.
4. Choosing the Right Stack
Now, it's time to sort out one of the most challenging tasks. Choosing the technology stack for app development can make or break the game. You can consult with the chosen app development company to decide the most suitable technologies for your on-demand pediatrics app project.
5. Selecting the Platform
Where do you wish to release the app? Is it only for Android users? Or, will the app remain available for both iOS and Android users? These are the questions that you must answer at this point. It is a critical step that influences the entire development process. So, choose wisely!
6. Consider UI/UX Development
Believe it or not, UI/UX can influence the audience's impression. So, spend considerable time discussing the best application appearance with your technology partner. This step is essential before diving into the core developmental part.
7. App Development
With all prerequisites fulfilled, the app development agency can now focus on developing the on-demand pediatrics app for you. Meanwhile, they might come up with product prototypes and seek feedback from you. It would help if you remained honest during such phases and direct the developers in the right direction.
8. Product Release
Finally, the product becomes ready to be released after several iterations and enhancements. Now, you can begin advertisements and launch the product in the market for public use.
What are the Must-Have Features in an On-Demand Pediatrics App?
An on-demand pediatrics app is all about mind-boggling features. Are you wondering about the essential features of your desired platform? Here they are!
1. Patient App
1. Registration/Login
Users can supply unique credentials to the app to register with or log into the platform.
2. Appointments
Patients can find available slots and easily book doctor appointments through the app.
3. Search Profile
Patients can scan through various doctor profiles and find the most suitable one using an advanced searching feature.
4. In-App Chats and Calls
Patients can communicate to the doctors via in-app chats and video calls.
2. Doctor App
1. Profile Creation
Doctors need to fill in their academic and specialization details to join the on-demand app.
2. Accept or Deny Appointments
Doctors can accept or deny appointments according to their convenience.
3. Digital Prescription
Doctors can send digital prescriptions to patients after consultations.
4. Availability Slots
Doctors can adjust their availability slots according to their convenience.
3. Admin App
The admin app comprises essential features like profile management embedded in a comprehensive dashboard.
Monthly Progress & Statics
Dashboard Management
Chat Support & Customer Care
What is the Cost to Develop an On-Demand Pediatrics App?
The exact cost of developing a tailor-made pediatrics app depends on various factors like location, features, etc. Besides, the choice of the mobile platform will influence the final bill raised by your technology partner. On average, you will be required to spend around $10,000-$12,000 to build an On-demand Pediatrics app with desired functionalities.
How Can Auxano Global Services Help You?
Our team is one of the most preferred workforces in the world. We have extensive experience in collaborating with several customers belonging to various industries.
At Auxano Global Services, we have the following attributes making us the best technology partner for on-demand pediatrics app development projects:
Experienced team of certified developers
A customer-first approach
Convenient engagement models
Provision to hire dedicated developers
A diverse portfolio of developing similar apps
Consistent maintenance and support services.
Indeed, telemedicine is the future of healthcare services. With the advent of separate applications for every division, premium consultations have become highly accessible to even remote locations. Consequently, these platforms will register more traffic, connect doctors to patients, and bring immense ROI for all stakeholders.
Need assistance in developing an on-demand pediatrics app? Contact us now.
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1. What is an On-Demand Pediatrics app?
An on-demand pediatrics app virtually connects pediatricians with patients. These smartphone platforms allow patients to seek expert consultations at any point in time from their homes via voice and video calling features.
2. Why are on-demand pediatrics apps so popular?
Nowadays, patients want to avoid crowded queues for doctor appointments. Also, doctors wish to eliminate additional infrastructure and paperwork maintenance costs. Since on-demand pediatrics apps help achieve all these goals, they are getting popular day by day.
3. What are the top on-demand pediatrics apps?
KidzDocNow, MDLive, Lemonaid Health, and Babylon are the leading on-demand pediatrics apps in 2023.
4. Why invest in developing on-demand pediatrics apps?
The immense convenience offered by on-demand pediatrics apps will attract more user traffic in the future. Consequently, these platforms will generate massive returns for the investors. So, it is the best time to develop such an app and make the perfect investment.
5. Which is the best on-demand pediatrics app development company?
Auxano Global Services is the best on-demand pediatrics app development company offering next-gen telemedicine platform development solutions. We have immense knowledge of healthcare app development, especially the on-demand ones. Our dedicated app developers have ample experience to decode your complex idea into a masterpiece pediatrics application. Contact us now.
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Like other minorities in Hollywood (e.g. Asians, blacks, gays, Natives and women, to name a few), Hispanics and Latinos in the silent film era were almost exclusively produced by people who had little or no first hand experience of their subjects. But whilst Latinos may've been almost entirely excluded from the filmmaking process, a handful of actors found work in front of the camera and in the process opened doors for the generations that followed.
In film's first decade, a few Latinos in fact were involved in American filmmaking. Before the Hollywood era, the filmmaking process wasn't centralized and films were shot around the country by wealthy entrepreneurs, a few of which were Hispanic. However, most American films in the 1890s were under ten minutes long and tended to focus on single actions like sneezing, laughing or opening a door.
Though film roles in the 1890s tended to avoid any minority issues, there were a few minorities in film. In 1903, the first version of Uncle Tom's Cabin hit the screen and went on to be the most frequently adapted story in the silent era, suggesting that there was at least concern about black issues, if not other minorities. In the teens, with films like A Woman Scorned, The Squaw Man, Intolerance and The Italian, depictions of minorities broadened considerably.
Two Latina actresses, Vera and Beatriz Michelena, were among the first to appear in film. The Michelenas were the New York-born daughters of Caracas-born opera singer Fernando Gonzalez. Like generations that followed, their "exotic looks" resulted in their sometimes being used as all-purpose ethnic types, although, in the title role of Heart of Juanita, Beatriz actually played a presumably Latina character (I haven't seen it).
Most Latino characters in the 1910s weren't afforded the occasional sympathy shown toward other minorities, with most Latinos depicted as dastardly "greasers," as in the films Tony the Greaser (1911), The Greaser's Revenge (1914) and the remake of Tony the Greaser, Tony the Greaser (1914). The latter, ironically, featured Myrtle Gonzalez as "Mary Blake." Generally, Mexicans were depicted as lazy and deceitful, which, not surprisingly, didn't go over especially well with Mexicans and when they responded by boycotting Hollywood, American filmmakers responded by carefully applying the negative stereotype to all Latinos, not just Mexicans.
For non-Latino, white, European Hispanics, race wasn't necessarily an issue. Los Angeles native Myrtle Gonzalez was billed as "The Virgin White Lily of the Screen" during her short career -- she died at 27 in the 1918 flu pandemic. Antonio Moreno was a Spanish-born actor/director. In his early films, he often played the Latin Lover, a stereotypical protrayal of supposedly exotic Mediterranean types popular at the time. Fetishizing Europeans was all well and good in the silent era, but with the coming of sound, Moreno's accent was viewed as a detriment and his career came to a halt.
In the 1920s, the vogue for Latins (as opposed to Latinos) like Moreno and Italian Rudolph Valentino proved so popular that actors actually concocted phony identities to pass, such as Jewish actor Jacob Krantz who was reborn "Ricardo Cortez." When people found out he wasn't actually Spanish, he tried to claim that he was at least French... which also proved untrue.
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Gov. Tom Corbett's administration said Friday that insurers are showing strong interest in the Republican's plan to extend private health insurance to hundreds of thousands of working poor and pay for it with federal Medicaid expansion dollars.
Nine insurers have signed up to provide the Medicaid-subsidized insurance in Pennsylvania, though only one would cover the entire state, Corbett's office said.
Corbett's plan, named Healthy Pennsylvania, would not be ready to roll out until Jan. 1, and the federal government must first approve it, since it seeks a long list of changes to the expansion of Medicaid eligibility that was a core part of the 2010 health care law's bid to extend insurance coverage to 30 million more people.
At least three insurers want to offer coverage in each of nine regions of the state, Corbett's policy director, Jennifer Branstetter, said.
The insurers include Aetna, Capital Blue Cross, Independence Blue Cross, Gateway Health, Geisinger, Highmark, United Healthcare, UPMC and Health Partners Plans, which is owned by Temple University Hospital and five other not-for-profit Philadelphia hospitals. An Independence Blue Cross plan, called Vista, would be offered statewide.
A key test will be whether Pennsylvania can persuade the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that its private Medicaid alternative will not cost more than traditional Medicaid coverage would. The Corbett plan would cover the same population as the Medicaid expansion: working adults who make 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,500.
Asked for a response Friday, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesman would only say that the agency remains in close contact with state officials "and continues to provide technical assistance before making a decision."
The agency has consistently declined to publicly discuss the details of Corbett's plan. The 124-page plan was formally submitted in February and closed-door negotiations began in April after a public comment period.
Branstetter said she is optimistic that Corbett's entire plan will be approved soon by the federal government, albeit with some modifications. She would not elaborate and said that she is keeping the content of negotiations private.
If some or all of his proposed changes are rejected, Corbett will face a decision on whether to take the federal government's offer in an election year when labor unions, hospital groups, the AARP, medical professionals and advocates for the poor want the Medicaid money to come to Pennsylvania. Some of the changes he is seeking have never been approved in any state.
Corbett, a conservative and staunch critic of Medicaid and the federal health care law, has formulated his plan to be distinct from the Medicaid expansion that conservatives dislike, while still taking the money that would have paid for it.
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LONDON--London-based ACE Ltd. has gained regulatory approval to set up a life assurance company called ACE Europe Life Ltd.
ACE Life, also based in London, will operate in conjunction with the existing network of ACE European Group and roll out across 10 European countries this year and next.
The new operation will focus initially on the protection market, offering term-life products to complement ACE European Group's existing accident and health direct marketing products.
ACE Life will market these term- and whole- life policies via existing and new distribution partners, it said.
The company currently distributes its accident and health products through a range of partners across Europe that include financial institutions, retailers, utilities, publishers, telecommunications companies and the travel industry.
ACE Life said the products will be launched in Spain and France followed by launches in Scandinavia. It also said it will develop a payment protection range for its financial services partners, with a specific focus on Central and Eastern Europe.
Meanwhile, ACE European Group announced changes to its Continental European country management.
Jeff Moghrabi will assume the role of country manager for ACE France, replacing Olivier Muraire. Mr. Moghrabi moves to ACE's Paris office from Milan, Italy, where he was manager for the region encompassing Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Maurizio Ferrario, currently head of strategic development for ACE Italy, will assume the role of deputy country manager. He will continue managing Italian operations until a new country manager is appointed, ACE said.
Angel Diaz, currently property and casualty manager for ACE Spain, will become country manager for the Iberia region, ACE said.


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Miley Cyrus' uneven 'She is Coming' EP explores sex, drugs and Nicki Minaj shade
"She Is Coming" is the first of three planned EPs for the 26-year-old singer.
Miley Cyrus' uneven 'She is Coming' EP explores sex, drugs and Nicki Minaj shade "She Is Coming" is the first of three planned EPs for the 26-year-old singer. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/05/31/she-coming-miley-cyrus-explores-sex-drugs-and-nicki-minaj-shade/1297223001/
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At first glance, Miley Cyrus racks up the accomplishments with her new "She Is Coming" EP.
"She Is Coming," which was released Friday, is the first of three planned EPs for the 26-year-old singer. It's six songs long and plenty substantial with three big-name collaborations adding additional heft to the project.
"D.R.E.A.M. (Drugs Rule Everything Around Me)" samples the Wu-Tang Clan's classic "C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rule Everything Around Me)" and features two of the group's members, Ghostface Killah contributing a verse and RZA producing the track. The mellow "Party Up the Street" recruits Swae Lee to sing alongside Cyrus and is produced by Mike WiLL Made-It. And RuPaul joins Cyrus on the pouty "Cattitude" to throw some well-meaning shade, telling Cyrus, "You better go take your country (expletive) indoors and put some damn clothes on 'cause don't nobody need to be seeing all of that."
All these components -- plus the druggy anthem "Unholy," the empowering "Mother's Daughter" and the soaring "The Most" -- culminate in a project that's more representative of the many sides of Cyrus than any of her career's other releases. Here, listeners get the hip-hop production that Cyrus has flirted with over the last decade alongside big-voiced pop ballads, paeans to drug use and glimpses of the female empowerment, pro-LGBT persona she's grown into more recently.
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So why isn't "She Is Coming" more of an enjoyable listen? On paper, the EP is the perfect Cyrus release. But after a few listens, it's difficult to muster enthusiasm for any of its specific songs, which fall short of her career's previous highlights. "She Is Coming" may show off the many facets of Cyrus as an artist, but it's largely an emotionless listen. It's a shame considering many of Cyrus' best moments as an artist were the ones with the most feeling -- the euphoria of "Party in the USA" and "We Can't Stop," the heartbreak of "Wrecking Ball," the intimacy of "Adore You" and her "Don't Dream It's Over" cover, or her clear-eyed anthem to change, "Younger Now."
Instead, "She Is Coming" largely offers cheaper thrills, like hearing Cyrus winkingly co-sign Cardi B at the expense of Nicki Minaj on "Cattitude," or sing about copulating on top of takeout containers on "Unholy." "The Most" is an exception, a genuinely moving track that has more in common with her country-adjacent 2017 album "Younger Now" than any of the EP's other inclusions. It seems meaningful that of the many musical inclinations she explores on "She Is Coming," Cyrus shines brightest when there's a little twang involved.
Miley Cyrus through the years
Miley Cyrus has emerged as a voice of her generation: part singer, part provocateur, part philanthropist and all pop star. Look back at her through the years, including this shot of her at the 2018 Grammy Awards in January. Dan MacMedan, Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK
In 2006, Disney Channel introduced the braces set to "Hannah Montana" – ordinary schoolgirl Miley Stewart by day... Disney Channel
...to famous pop star Hannah Montana by night. Disney Channel
Back in 2007, Cyrus was living the best of both worlds – a daddy's girl to pop Billy Ray Cyrus on and off screen. Todd Plitt, USA TODAY
Cyrus flashed the peace sign on the Golden Globes red carpet in 2009. Frazer Harrison, Getty Images
Cyrus looked every bit the Disney princess at the 2009 Oscars. Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY
And again in 2010. Cyrus would say goodbye to her Disney alter ego the following year. Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY
Cyrus met on-again, off-again boyfriend Liam Hemsworth on the set of their 2010 movie "The Last Song." Jason Merritt, Getty Images
By mid-2010, a sexier, booty-shorted Cyrus was taking center stage. Armando Franca, AP
By March 2010, Cyrus' long mane got a significant chop. Chris Pizzello, AP
In August 2012, she chopped off her strands for a blond pixie cut. Miley Cyrus via Twitter
And who could forget this look from May 2013 at the Met Gala? Larry Busacca, Getty Images
By 2013, Cyrus became known for sticking her tongue out in photos and onstage. Boris Roessler, AFP/Getty Images
Cyrus rocked a furry bear leotard to the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. Kevin Mazur, WireImage for MTV
Pop culture hasn't been the same since Cyrus and Robin Thicke brought their version of twerking to the VMAs stage. Andrew H. Walker, WireImage
In October 2013, Cyrus poked fun at Twerkgate with her "old me," Vanessa Bayer, on "Saturday Night Live." NBC.com
Cyrus lit a joint onstage in Amsterdam at the MTV EMAs in November 2013. Kevin Mazur, WireImage
New year, new icon: Madonna seemed to pass pop's mischief mantle over to Cyrus on Jan. 28, 2014, when mentor and mentee performed as a pair in Hollywood for "Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged." Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic for MTV
Cyrus poked fun at her tongue antics by sliding down a massive tongue slide during her "Bangerz Tour" in February 2014. Chelsea Lauren, WireImage
Cyrus showed off her flexibility onstage during her tour in May 2014. MARIUS BECKER, AFP/Getty Images
Cyrus accepts an award during the World Music Awards in May 2014. Claude Paris, AP
Cyrus brought My Friend's Place representative Jesse up onstage while she accepted her award for Video of the Year for "Wrecking Ball" at the MTV Video Music Awards in August 2014. ROBYN BECK, AFP/Getty Images
Cyrus snuck a kiss with Patrick Schwarzenegger, who she dated following her breakup with Hemsworth, during the game between the California Golden Bears and the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in November 2014. Harry How, Getty Images
Cyrus opted for a black cutout dress at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in February 2015. Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY
Cyrus looked peppy in printed pants at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in February of that year. Evan Agostini, Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Madame Tussauds debuts their Miley Cyrus wax figure atop a wrecking ball at The Venetian Las Vegas in March 2015. Isaac Brekken, Getty Images for Madame Tussauds
Joan Jett poses with Cyrus at the 30th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in April 2015. Kevin Mazur, (Credit too long, see caption)
Silver hair and cutouts defined Cyrus' look at 2015 Met Gala, celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass." Charles Sykes, Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Cyrus poses with parents Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus at the 2015 amfAR Inspiration Gala in June 2015. Neilson Barnard, Getty Images
Cyrus returned to the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards as host, wearing a skimpy silver getup with silver thigh-high boots. Frazer Harrison, Getty Images
Cyrus opted for a pink two-piece set during her performance at the ONE Campaign and (RED) concert to mark World AIDS Day in December 2015. Dave Kotinsky, (Credit too long, see caption)
Cyrus rocked out with Billy Idol at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September 2016. Ethan Miller, WireImage
Miley Cyrus poses with student Mimi Abusaif in a dorm room while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in October 2016. Molly Riley, AP
Cyrus marched with Jane Fonda during the Los Angeles sector of the Women's March in January 2017. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Cyrus showed off a more mellow look on stage during NBC's Today show in May 2017. JEWEL SAMAD, AFP/Getty Images
Cyrus joined Ariana Grande for a performance at the One Love Manchester benefit concert in June 2017. Getty Images, Dave Hogan for One Love Manchest
Cyrus donned colorful makeup and a bright T-shirt during her performance at the 2017 Capital Pride Concert Washington, DC, in June 2017. John Lamparski, WireImage
Cyrus teamed up with Jimmy Falllon to go undercover in a New York subway station in June 2017. Andrew Lipovsky, NBC
Cyrus returned to the MTV VMAs stage in August 2017 to perform "Younger Now." Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Hemsworth and Cyrus were all smiles at the premiere of "Thor: Ragnarok" in October 2017. Rich Polk, Getty Images for Disney
Cyrus hit the Grammys red carpet in a black ensemble with a white rose in solidarity with the #MeToo movement. Dan MacMedan, Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK
Cyrus performed a rendition of ""Tiny Dancer"" alongside Elton John during the 60th annual Grammy Awards in January. Robert Deutsch, Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY NETWORK
Cyrus and Hemsworth channeled a bit of old Hollywood glam at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March. Jon Kopaloff, WireImage
Cyrus performed "The Climb" during the anti-gun March for Our Lives rally organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in March in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Cyrus flaunted her heavenly body with a low cut black gown in May at the 2018 Met Gala, the theme of which was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination." Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images
2018 proved to be a bittersweet year for Cyrus, who lost her home and several prized possessions in the California wildfires. In a December interview with Howard Stern, she praised Hemsworth for saving her pets. "I call him my survival partner now, and he thinks it's not romantic, but I learned that it is," she said. The couple ended 2018 with a wedding. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for EJAF
Though she may have appeared to be out of place among the grunge gods at the Jan. 16 tribute to late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, Cyrus held her own while covering two of his songs. Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY
On Jan. 26, Hemsworth thanked his "beautiful wife" while accepting an award at the G'Day USA gala. John Sciulli/Getty Images for G'Day USA
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"Fire in the City": Hendricks & The Dead
Posted on October 13, 2013 by Zeroto180
Not Jimi, but rather Jon — he of jazz vocal trio, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
In 1967 Jon Hendricks and The Grateful Dead composed music for the soundtrack of a Jerry Stoll documentary entitled, Sons and Daughters, in which students from the University of California at Berkeley march to the Oakland Army Terminal in 1966 to protest the Vietnam War. AllMovie.com informs us that "the youth movement protesting the war contrasts with the many defense plants in the area and the fact that soldiers arrive and depart from the port on a daily basis":
"Fire in the City" Jon Hendricks & The Grateful Dead 1967
Gratitude to Hooterollin' Around for the details surrounding this recording session:
"The Grateful Dead still had one more studio episode prior to recording their first album in Los Angeles. Soon after signing their contract, they spent some time in the studio working with singer Jon Hendricks on the soundtrack to a documentary movie about antiwar protesters called Your Sons And Daughters. Hendricks was well-known as the leader of the groundbreaking vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross (vocalizing Charlie Parker solos), and Lesh and Garcia in particular were honored to work with him.
The band spent a few days with Hendricks at Columbus Recorders, at 906 Kearny. Columbus Recorders was a popular studio for commercial work and the like, but it too had a three-track recorder. The Dead ended up backing Hendricks on two songs, "Fire In The City" and "Your Sons And Daughters," both released as a Jon Hendricks single on Verve. However, according to McNally, although the Dead enjoyed working with Hendricks, they were uncomfortable with the overt polemical political stance of the movie and asked that their name be removed from the soundtrack."
The Warlocks vs. The Grateful Dead?
Some sources on the web attribute the backing band on "Fire in the City" to be The Warlocks, but this is simply untrue, as credible sources affirm that The Warlocks became The Grateful Dead sometime around November 1965, and this recording on Verve was made in March 1967 – the same month, interestingly enough, as the release of their Warner Bros. debut album.
Note the DJ copy below says "From the American Documentary Films 'Fire in the City'."
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Steve Fulop, coy about NJ governor's race, won't run for Jersey City mayor again
Steven Fulop introduced Tuesday he won't run for a fourth time period as mayor of Jersey City in 2025, which ramped up hypothesis that he plans to run for governor that very same yr.
The Democrat was elected to a 3rd mayoral time period in 2021, the primary mayor to take action for the reason that reign of legendary boss Frank Hague, who led town from 1917 to 1947. Fulop is standard in Jersey City — he received his first re-election bid, in 2017, with 78% of the vote.
"You never know where life takes you next, but at this point I just want to say thank you to #JerseyCity for electing me 3 times," Fulop tweeted on Tuesday, responding to a tweet that instructed he had his eye on the governor's race. "I love this city + there is no better community. I know for certain that I won't be running for re-election as mayor in 2025."
In 2016, Fulop was thought-about by many political observers to be the favourite within the Democratic main for governor, however he abruptly dropped out of the race 11 months earlier than the vote, which in the end paved the way in which for now-Gov. Phil Murphy to win election.
Fulop, 45, has a resume made for a profitable politician. He's the son of immigrants — his mom is a Jewish Holocaust survivor and his father fought in Israel's Six Day Conflict. He labored on Wall Road and left to serve within the Marine Corps in Iraq. He was elected to the Jersey City Council in 2005 and was first elected mayor in 2013.
"He's articulate. He can be funny. He looks like a politician," stated Matthew Hale, political science professor at Seton Corridor College.
However Hale says Fulop has by no means excelled at retail politics and cited a visit on the annual New Jersey Chamber of Commerce journey to Washington — the place attendance is successfully required for anybody working for workplace in New Jersey.
"Phil Murphy and Steve Fulop were both on the train. And I remember being on that train and watching Phil Murphy with the joy of a 12-year-old on Christmas Day, running up and down, shaking everybody's hand and smiling," Hale stated. "Fulop looked like he was going to the dentist."
However Fulop might have realized just a few classes from that first aborted run for governor. Hale stated the announcement to not run again for mayor — two years early — signifies Fulop desires to give attention to the sort of politicking that's onerous to do when additionally working for one other workplace.
"He's essentially clearing his dance card for the next three years so that he can go out and shake those hands and try and make those connections," Hale stated.
Fulop made a reputation for himself early when he went public with the strong-arming ways of officers and political operatives tied to then-Gov. Chris Christie, who used rewards and punishments to persuade endorsements from mayors — a sample that in the end led to the scandal referred to as Bridgegate.
"Running for office outside the political establishment and standing up to powerful interests to fight for Jersey City's future has been both incredibly challenging and rewarding," Fulop stated in a press launch about his determination. "The forward momentum happening in Jersey City is undeniable, and while there is much more work to be done I feel confident that new leaders can build on the foundation we have built while charting their own unique path forward."
He additionally touted his work on reasonably priced housing, boosting public transportation and hiring extra law enforcement officials.
He stated he's proud to have reduce pedestrian deaths by means of his "Vision Zero" program, but he by no means spoke out in opposition to City Councilwoman Amy DeGise, who has been charged with a hit-and-run accident involving a bicyclist final August. The bicyclist was thrown by means of the air and injured, however survived.
This story has been up to date so as to add quotes from Matthew Hale, political science professor at Seton Corridor College, and to right a reference to when Steve Fulop dropped out of the 2016-2017 main race.
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The vaccine-reluctant
From a comment on the article, Vaccine Success, Media Misery: Is Good News Taboo in the Trump Age? by Matt Taibbi ( TK News )
"I find it interesting that for all the takes on who will and who won't take the vaccine- and why- a simple reason is commonly overlooked: For many people in good health and of a certain age group, the virus poses little to no real threat. Yes, there have been terrible cases reported in surprising victims, but as far as the data goes, they continue to be anomalies."
This is exactly the kind of reasoning that torpedoes a common effort. That's why the vaccines will work for those who get them, but they're doomed as far as preventing COVID from becoming endemic (that ship has largely sailed in western countries anyway).
The ego rules. Each individual decides for themselves that they don't want the vaccine because it probably won't happen to them. It ends up happening to enough people to swamp the hospitals, leading to unnecessary deaths from both COVID and also from people who can't get treatment for other medical problems.
The ego does not think about that, cannot comprehend this level of abstraction, does not care. The ego is afraid for itself, so it just make its own little, short-sighted decisions, not caring that these decisions, multiplied millions of times, ends up causing a much bigger problem. Chaos theory is hard. Math is hard.
These people are afraid of the vaccine because it hasn't been approved yet. They're all waiting around for those of us who took it to die. When that doesn't happen, they won't bother to question their own behavior. They will be afraid for themselves next time as well.
While we're on the subject: do these people try to convince their loved ones not to get the vaccine? Are they good or bad Christians? Do they fight to convert their loved ones to keep them out of hell? Or do they believe strongly enough that the vaccine is bad to want to protect themselves, but not to protect their loved ones? Or do they not care about their loved ones? How do they reconcile this?
Infecting Vaccinated People
People ask how Israel can have such a high incidence when so many people have already been vaccinated. They hypothesize (without numbers) that this is because of breakthrough infections and conclude that the vaccines are no longer working effectively. They conclude that either the vaccines don't work against the delta variant or they are losing efficacy over time.
But Israel has about 11M people. They claim to be 70% vaccinated. That means 3.3M people are not vaccinated. We can assume that these remaining people (which constitute a good-sized country) are "clumped" rather than evenly distributed. That is an advantage for the virus.
They had an incidence of 417 on the day I wrote this, corresponding to 4500 cases. That is very high, but delta is very infectious. At this rate, though, it will take 2 years to go through the remaining, unvaccinated population. That is not a realistic herd-immunity strategy.


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Still Yet Another Sokoban is a clone of the popular puzzle game Sokoban. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more.
Sokoban was invented in Japan and the original program was written by Hiroyuki Imabayashi. It is copyright (C) 1982 Thinking Rabbit Inc. Japan.
"Sokoban" means "warehouse keeper" in Japanese; the goal of the game is to push all the crates into the designated crate positions without getting stuck. Crates can only be pushed forward.
The levels provided are not my own, they are assembled from various sources. The default 90 levels are public domain.
You can add more sets of levels in the data/sokoban/levels folder. The file must have the .txt extension. See existing sets of levels for examples.
Please do not contact me to assist with solving individual levels.
Same as Linux - type 'make'. Run with ./syasokoban if it built correctly.
Basically same as v2.0.1(d), except on Windows, the game config file ".djgames" lives by default under e.g. "c:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\GraySkyGames\" - this is to make the application lend itself to working as a full installed application under Windows. Previously, on Windows it saved the config file into the current folder (which if you extracted from the binary release zip file, would be in the same extracted folder as the application). If you want to load your settings (e.g. remembered-completed-levels) from v2.0.1, you must manually copy this ".djgames" file into the new AppData-based subfolder.


Author reminds readers to double-check their cards in light of mistakes that have already occurred.
Some people who live up at Ashcroft Manor received their voter's cards last week directing them to drive down to Boston Bar to be able to vote.
After a phone call was made querying this information, arrangements are now being made to send each compliance a transfer from so they can vote in Ashcroft.
However CBC announced today that errors like this have occurred for thosands all over the province and in Saskatchewan as well. What a massive waste of our taxpayer's dollars to rectify this situation.
I am writing this letter to remind everyone to check their voter's cards and to call 1 866-545-0623 to get their transfer form to be able to vote here.
By the way, Advance Polls are at Cache Creek Community Hall. On election day polls close at 7 p.m.


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The Marker Resort Selected to Conde Nast Traveler Readers Choice
More than 128,000 Conde Nast Traveler Readers have spoken—and they're all humming the same tune: The Marker Waterfront Resort is a standout amongst Florida hotels, sitting at #12 among the 24 top resorts in Florida that were awarded. The annual survey, now in its 28th year, received an all-time high percentage of responses complete with first-hand insights and comments. According to Conde Nast Traveler's site, this year readers, "declared a passion for the authentic, the personalized, and the unexpected." From our candidly authentic Keys experience, to being one of the best known wedding venues in Key West, it's clear that readers are loving The Marker Resort.
When asked about the honor, our Complex Director of Sales & Marketing, Michael Dwyer stated, "Our fantastic location, right in the heart of Key West's historic Old Town, has inspired our approach to providing guests with luxurious accommodations that reflect the culture, heritage and spirit of the tropical oasis we are proud to call our home."
What truly exemplifies The Marker experience, is also what sets it apart from other Key West resorts. After opening less than a year ago, it stands as one of the newest builds in the Southernmost city since 1994. Our guest experience embodies the attitude of the Keys—luxury, with a laidback feel. We treat guests to top-of-the-line amenities and authentic local activities. There are so many local offerings, quaint shops, and specialized tours, and we encourage and connect our guests to partake in the vibrant community. We want couples to enjoy the tranquility of our grounds away from their busy work life by sipping champagne and enjoying a warm weathered Key West night. "We want families to enjoy days at The Key West Aquarium and Historic Seaport, and comeback to one of our pools to unwind (making sure that the parents have margaritas in hand!) At The Marker Resort, it's not just about the amenities, but the dedication to contribute to the Key West community as a whole. At the heart of The Marker Resort's aesthetic is the influence of local artists and artisans, as well as the vibrant colors that pulse through the town. Whether padding across our two acres of tropical backdrop or relaxing by one of the three private swimming pools, it's easy to understand why The Marker Resort is a top spot amongst guests, readers, and friends.
The Plot Thickens at The Key West Cemetery
Where you'll find historical, fascinating and even humorous stories. Photo credit: DaniElle GeorgiEva, Key West Cemetery Facebook Page Who knew the Key West Cemetery would be one of the most popular things to do and see in Key West! It's...
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The Bachelor spoilers for Episode 3 airing Monday night tease that one group date will be all about strength for both Colton Underwood and his ladies. New teasers about that group date have emerged and it looks like hearts will be pounding during this one.
As the Inquisitr previously shared, this date is set up as a "Strongest Woman Challenge" and viewers will see actor, comedian, and former football player Terry Crews along with his wife Rebecca King-Crews popping up to help. ABC shares that Terry and Rebecca will be coaching a workout session for the bachelorettes on this date and then they face several intense competitions.
The eight ladies will face off during a "ring flip," a "limo pull," and a "cake push," and then three women who succeed in the earlier challenges will compete in a "heavy heart" battle. One woman will end up with a trophy at the end of all this exertion, but will she get the group date rose?
ET Online's Lauren Zima was on-hand for this date as it was filmed and she's shared a handful of Bachelor teasers about it via her Instagram page. She details that the outing was all about the women showing their strength and viewers will be seeing a shirtless Underwood along the way as well.
The bachelorettes who end up on this particular group date include Cassie Randolph, Tayshia Adams, Onyeka Ehie, Sydney Lotuaco, Catherine Agro, Nina Bartula, Caitlin Clemmens, and Nicole Lopez-Alvar. The Bachelor spoilers from gossip king Reality Steve note that comedian Fred Willard will be involved in this date too, and the women will be challenged to do a lot of physical challenges including pushups, pullups, and situps.
Reality Steve's Bachelor spoilers detail that Catherine, Onyeka, and Sydney end up being the final three ladies who face off during the last battle. Onyeka is said to win, but she doesn't end up with the group date rose. Instead, fans will apparently see Nicole get that rose.
There is an after party for everybody after the physical daytime portion of the date. The Bachelor spoilers tease that there's a bombshell of some sort when Colton leaves the ladies stunned with a sudden decision. It sounds as if that probably refers to his decision to eliminate Caitlin during the after party, seemingly because he didn't see a future with her.
Episode 3 also has another group date, a cute date for "cougar" Elyse Dehlbom, as well as a pool party and some drama between beauty pageant ladies Hannah Brown and Caelynn Miller-Keyes. Three more ladies are said to be eliminated at the rose ceremony and spoilers hint that the women will get feisty as they try to ensure they each get a rose.
How intense will the competition get during this group date? Will a frontrunner for Colton Underwood's final rose emerge yet? The Bachelor spoilers hint that things will get wild as this season plays out and fans are already buzzing about how things are going.


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America, Greatness and Appealing to the Better Angels
I've been reading "The Sketch Book" by Washington Irving, the author who gave life to the Headless Horseman and Rip Van Winkle. "The Sketch Book" contains both of these classics of early-American literature. It was published in the late 1820's when the United States of America was an infant nation taking its first solid steps into maturity. I picked up the book out of a longing to read some great writing that really challenged me in a way modern writers cannot. I expected that kind of experience reading something written almost two hundred years ago. What I didn't expect was to read passages that seemed to speak directly to the political and moral climate of the United States in 2016.
In a chapter about the animosity that existed between English and Americans in the 1820's (not a big surprise on the heels of two wars fought between the nations!), I felt like Irving's ghost was addressing issues that are popping up all over the place today.
The first quote that struck me was this one: "Governed, as we are, entirely by public opinion, the utmost care should be taken to preserve the purity of the public mind. Knowledge is power, and truth is knowledge; whoever, therefore, knowingly propagates a prejudice willfully saps the foundation of his country's strength."
Like so many others I have been angered and frustrated by the things said and issues promoted by Donald Trump in his bid for the candidacy of the Republican party. The broad generalizations, mockery, bombast and overall asine-ness of his ridiculous campaign is reason enough to be disgusted. But what has really discouraged me is the lack of responsibility shown by someone in a position of power and influence in what he will say and represent in the public sphere. It is not a stretch to say that Trump has "knowingly propagated prejudices". Reading Irving's quote I realized what else has me fuming: In the mindless quest to "Make America Great Again", he is actually sapping the great strength of America. He will not make America great by this strategy but drag it down somewhere far below mediocrity, to a place that is base and petty and self-serving.
Washington Irving reminded me that people in positions of influence, especially in a democratic land where the voice of the people give it power, have a responsibility to use their words with care, to promote justice and peace and truth, and to give meaning not to ignoble but to noble purpose. By this you promote the "purity of the public mind". I have been witnessing so much of the opposite lately that I have felt the greatness slipping away from the U.S.
What is the greatness of America? The next quote I came upon in Irving's book reminded me of that. But it also brought discouragement as I considered the debate in my homeland over the refugee crisis and how some states were refusing to give asylum to people desperately in need of it. Here is Washington Irving again: "Opening, too, as we do, an asylum for strangers from every portion of the earth, we should receive all with impartiality. It should be our pride to exhibit an example of one nation, at least, destitute of national antipathies, and exercising not merely the overt acts of hospitality but those more rare and noble courtesies which spring from liberality of opinion."
I have lived in Canada for the last fifteen years but I was born and raised in the United States. Growing up, you learn about the make-up of your nation; you learn the pride in being a land of free people who came from every corner of the globe; you learn to believe that your nation, above all others, will do the right thing when confronted with the choice to do or not do what is right. Now, as an adult, I know a lot of what I was taught growing up was a form of American Mythology that helps to promote the idea that the U.S. is the greatest nation ever. You grow up singing lots of spangly songs of patriotism, believe me! Yet there is a deep truth in the fact that America has been a light and a hope for millions of people over more than two centuries. Those famous words at the Statue of Liberty, penned by Emma Lazarus, and taught and quoted over and over cannot be ignored: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
Emma Lazarus in her poem called the Statue the "Mother of Exiles" but I don't thinks she was just talking about the Statue. The United States has been the Mother of Exiles for so many. In fact, many Americans can trace their roots to a time when their grandfathers and fathers were exiles; people yearning to be free from religious persecution, ethnic cleansing, poverty, prejudice and the like. How can it be, then, that a group such as the Syrian refugees – a group that certainly could be described as tired, poor, huddled masses yearning for freedom – be confronted with proverbial closed doors and barred gates?
The answer, of course, is fear. Fear specifically of ISIL but fear more generally of a big, bad outside world that will destroy your way of life. Yet what is that way of life but freedom? And who is free who can abide anyone being denied freedom themselves? Who can let fear give voice to their opinions who know that ultimately what has always been true, in the words of JFK, is that the only thing America has to fear is fear itself? Fear strips away freedom; it takes away your freedom as it takes away a freedom others so desperately crave.
America doesn't need to be made great again. America is already great. But America needs to be reminded of its greatness. It is being forgotten. Worse, it is being replaced by something lower than mediocrity: Spite, vitriol, a shallowness that threatens to swallow up everything like a Black Hole.
The fear needs to be named. And then the fear needs to be rejected in favor of the boldness that has always marked the United States as the home of the brave and free. That's the America I still love. I suspect that the vast majority of Americans agree.
I appeal, as one of my favorite Americans once did, to the "better angels of our nature". Abraham Lincoln was attempting during that first inaugural address to avert a coming horrific conflict. Unfortunately, America slipped into the bloodiest era of its history. My hope and prayer is that by appealing again to those angels in us, this time around, instead of horror there will be peace.
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." – Abraham Lincoln
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"Melbourne hacker and payments security professional Peter Filimore, who, it should be mentioned, cannot play or sing a single note, managed to accrue $1,000 in royalties and knock artists like Pink, Nicki Minaj, and Flume off high spots in online music charts through the use of bots.
Filimore then purchased three Amazon-linked compute instances — virtual servers that are able to run applications — and created a simple hacking script to simulate three listeners playing his songs 24-hours a day for a month, while accruing reviews that described his music as "rubbish." [...] Filimore also explained that using a larger cluster of computing instances could potentially generate thousands of dollars in fraudulent royalties. "
Wang, a Taiwanese-American strategy consultant who goes by the Web handle "jozjozjoz," thought it was funny that the camera had difficulties figuring out when her family had their eyes open. So she posted a photo of the blink warning on her blog under the title, "Racist Camera! No, I did not blink... I'm just Asian!""
"After a while of running this script I had captured a good amount of data. One day I found myself looking at it and noticed that as soon as reservations became available on the website (at 4am), all the good times were immediately taken and were gone by 4:01am. It quickly became obvious that these were reservation bots at work. [...] You fight fire with fire, so I made my own reservation bot. You can get the code here. I used mechanize to create a simple ruby script that goes through the process of checking for available reservations (in a given time range) and making a reservation under your name. With this script I was able to start getting reservations again, but I know that this bot war will continue to escalate."
"Scans made by some Xerox copiers are changing numbers on documents, a German computer scientist has discovered. [...] He said the anomaly is caused by Jbig2, an image compression standard. Image compression is typically used to make file sizes smaller. Jbig2 would substitute figures it thought were the same, meaning similar numbers were being wrongly swapped."
You might have come across the latest UN Women awareness campaign. Originally in print, it has been spreading online for almost two days. It shows four women, each "silenced" with a screenshot from a particular Google search and its respective suggested autocompletions. [...] Guess what was the most common reaction of people?
They headed over to Google in order to check the "veracity" of the screenshots, and test the suggested autocompletions for a search for "Women should …" and other expressions.
As soon as today's students receive their proverbial fat envelope from their top choice college, they are on Facebook meeting other potential freshmen. They are on sites like roomsurf.com and roomsync.com, scoping out prospective friends. By the time the roommate application forms arrive, many like-minded students with similar backgrounds have already connected and agreed to request one another.
It's just one of many ways in which digital technologies now spill over into non-screen-based aspects of social experience. I know certain people who can't bear to eat in a restaurant they haven't researched on Yelp. And Google now tailors searches to exactly what it thinks you want to find.
But this loss of randomness is particularly unfortunate for college-age students, who should be trying on new hats and getting exposed to new and different ideas. Which students end up bunking with whom may seem trivial at first glance. But research on the phenomenon of peer influence — and the influences of roommates in particular — has found that there are, in fact, long-lasting effects of whom you end up living with your first year.


Why it is more FUN in the Philippines? Our Aussie columnist Scott Allford tells SBS Radio Australia.
Being one of the two Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates Christmas like no other country in the region. Christmas actually starts here in September and lasts until the Feast of Epiphany which is in January. With this extraordinarily long Christmas season there are numerous events around the country which the Christmas loving traveller can witness.
The experience of travel around the Philippines can come in a variety of forms. It can be mundane and as easy as can be; it can be an adventure and quite frightening at times; or it can be completely confusing and stressful. There are so many ways to get around this country and here is a guide to the different forms of transportation you may come across.
The choices to be had when it comes to street food in the Philippines are seemingly endless. While there may be a large selection for the more carnivorous diner, vegetarians have quite a few choices as well. So here is a list of my top 5 non-meaty street delicacies.
When it comes to the Philippines and sports there are the four B's: Bowling, Badminton, Basketball, and thanks largely to Manny Pacquiao – Boxing. Although I am not an avid supporter of the sport, experiencing a Pacman fight in the Philippines is a must for anyone, as it is not just the match but also the emotion of the crowd that becomes quite a spectacle.
One unifying aspect of Filipino culture is that Filipinos love their food. Filipinos love to eat when they're happy, sad, angry, bored and even on the rare occasions that they're hungry.