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Jonathan Shaw is a world-traveling outlaw artist, gonzo war-correspondant, novelist, blogger, head doctor, anti-folk hero and whorehouse philosopher. A legendary tattoo master and notorious creator of trendsetting underground art, over the decades Shaw's work has steadily infiltrated and quietly swayed the direction of popular culture world-wide; From 'Reality' based television programs to the fashion styles of the rich and famous, his original, innovative mark is clearly visible everywhere you look in modern style.
A child of the 50's, Jonathan grew up the bastard spawn of a brief, violent and unhappy marriage between jazz legend Artie Shaw and the beautiful and glamorous Hollywood starlet Doris Dowling. Shaw's particularly surreal world-view was largely shaped during the tumultuous Vietnam era, then sharpened like a straight-razor by massive teenaged LSD consumption and close personal interactions with some of the weirdest minds of a weird time. After running with the likes of Frank Zappa, Jim Morrison, the Manson Family and Charles Bukowski, Shaw, like most of his friends, eventually fell prey to heroin addiction and was swept away in a degenerate wave of juvenile delinquency, sudden destruction and moral degradation.
Around the age of 19, fleeing for his life, he left 1970's Hollywood behind to travel the world by thumb and tramp freighter and he is still out there somewhere. Many years clean and sober now, the heavily tattooed author was recently referred to affectionately by old pal Marilyn Manson as "a decorated veteran of the drug war."
Today Jonathan lives wherever he is, but resides mostly in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, making frequent visits to other home bases in NYC and Southern California, when not traveling the rest of the world.He has one adult son, also an artist, as well as an extended Gypsy family of old and new friends, lovers, admirers, well-wishers and partners in crime all over the world.
Many years retired now from a burgeoning tattoo industry he once set the standards for, he continues to test the limits of his reality, traveling the South American backlands by motorcycle, living with witch doctors, artists, outlaws and whores, while continuing to terrify and inspire his steadily growing fanatical following with nightmarish poetry, memoirs, screenplays and fiction.
His motto is: "Born to lose. Live to win."


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When it comes to a beach vacation, few names always hit in mind such as: Miami Beach, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers Beach and Fort Lauderdale Beach. In this article you will read all about a perfect getaway at Fort Lauderdale Beach. Always remember to choose the best spot for a prefect vacation and Fort Lauderdale Beach is the one.
Fort Lauderdale Beach lies right at the tourists area in Fort Lauderdale. When it comes to a spring breaks, a big number university and college students comes to the beach for a big entertainment. Fort Lauderdale beach is flooded with a pedestrian stroll as well as numerous hotels, restaurants, and shops all the way around on the street and also, this will help visitors to find smaller sized resorts and motels for their stay. As springtime approaches the beach slowly comes to be busier and a lot more dynamic as sunlight hunters struck the sand.
If you are concerned about taking pleasure in the sun as well as sand, the best location to stay is near the beach. A gorgeous soft sand is all over by the hotels and also restaurants along Atlantic Boulevard. In addition to the sand, restaurants and shopping malls can also be discovered on East Las Olas Boulevard, a five-minute drive from the beach.
Hilton Hotel at Fort Lauderdale Beach includes several restaurants and also areas with verandas looking out over the sea. Near downtown area of Ft Lauderdale, Lago Mar Hotel and also Club are there with an exclusive, 500-foot stretch of beach. The Pillars Resort is also one of the beautiful resort with 18 rooms in a spectacular garden setup. The Yard by Marriott has a very good location at the south end of Ft Lauderdale Beach. Likewise at the south end is the Bahia Mar Doubletree with luxury electric motor private yachts. There you will also find a bunch of budget friendly hotels. Many of these hotels are smaller, older homes, and also some have been fully refurbished. La Casa Resort has a pool and spaces with little cooking areas also, La Quinta Lodge is 2 miles from the beach and offers comfortable spaces, a swimming pool, and complimentary breakfast.


We are very happy to announce the publication of the book, Dawlish Through the Ages by David Force.
We have been waiting for this book for a long time and are so glad it is now out to purchase.
The book also includes history on Dawlish Warren, Starcross, The Exe Estuary and Haldon Hills.
With over 200 pages charting the story of the town from the time of the Saxons to the present day.
Pick up from Force and Sons in Queen Street, the Dawlish Gazette or Presents. It will be available from Dawlish Museum when it opens in April.
Also available on Ebay if you live away from the area. Only £9.95. All profits to Dawlish Museum.


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Q: how to push tabbarcontroller Im pretty new to ios development and am starting with a viewcontroller that displays a table of data.  When I click on one of the cells, I try to push a tabbarcontroller into view.  It works, but I can't see the tabs and the view area is black instead of displaying either of the two default views associated with the tabbarcontroller.
If I set the tabbarcontroller as the intialviewcontroller, it works fine, but this breaks my design.
Any help appreciated.
UDPATE: this is how I'm pusing the tabbarcontroller into view
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    let vc = TrialSiteViewController()

    navigationController?.pushViewController(vc, animated: true)
}

A: I tried about four different ways to transition from my tableviewcontroller to my tabbarcontroller and the only way I could get this to work was to use a segue setup in my storyboard with an identifier, then call this when I click the cell.
performSegueWithIdentifier("trialSitesSegue", sender: self)

Probably obvious to a lot of IOS developers, but I am new to all this, so still thought I would share.

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Treatment of ADHD
After successful diagnosis of Adhd in their child, every family would like to know about the treatment of ADHD, which will be effective for their child and help him in leading a normal life. There are different methods of treatment of ADHD practiced by the physicians. Adhd can be treated with the help of medicines and also by following behavioral modifications. There is a no single treatment for every child with ADHD.
Depending on the individual causes of ADHD, treatment of ADHD involves treatment with medicines, behavioral treatment. A combination of these treatments is practiced for the child suffering from anxiety or depression in addition to ADHD. The treatment of ADHD greatly involves the personal medical history of the child and also his individual needs.
Form many years, the method of medication is largely used for the treatment of ADHD. The medicines that involve stimulant kind of drugs are greatly used in the medication therapy. However, it must be ensured that these stimulants are clinically tested and found safe and also effective for the particular age of the child with ADHD. These tested stimulants are marked with labels reading, "Approved age".
The medications for ADHD help the children with ADHD to focus and concentrate on their work making them successful at home, in school and at play. It may be necessary to carry on these medications, even as the child enters his teen age or adolescence. In a survey, it was found that approximately 80 percent of the children in their teens and nearly 50 percent of the children in their adulthood, who suffered from ADHD, needed medication to carry on their normal routine effectively. Behavioral treatment is necessary for the children with ADHD to improve on their self-confidence and the concentration power. Behavioral treatment for these children also helps them in developing the power to take decision and to analyze any situation.
It is also very important for these children to stay away from negative experiences of depression and from other emotional related problems, as they may tend these children to take to drug and other forms of addiction. In addition, the love and support of the family members and friends plays an important role in treating a child with ADHD.
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"the word terrorism is used as propaganda tool to awake certain feelings and foremost fear in the readers and the main population. To create a we versus them. A we versus terrorists".
Therefore, according to the article, violent actions of a state can give a state the label of being a "terrorist state".
This critique made me think about what "terrorism" means and what it encompasses. Although the author mentions different definitions (there are hundreds of definitions for such a term, which can sometimes be contradicting as well), I profoundly disagree with its argument. Because when we use the word "terrorists" we always think about a group of people that murders citizens for political, or even religious purposes. This applies to the Islamic State in the Middle East, ETA in Spain or the IRA in Ireland. However, the author of the previous article said that drone strikes used by the United States in Pakistan are terrorist attacks, and therefore – following this logic – converts the United States into a "terrorist state".
Nevertheless, for me, a state can never commit a terrorist attack.
This does not mean that I am legitimizing drone strikes or any unjustified violent actions that are undertaken by states. But when looking at the existing regime types, it is very clear what authoritarian, totalitarian or fascist regimes are. They, like many other violent political systems, impose and kill their own citizens to maintain their rule. But the regime typology of a "terrorist state" does not exist. The example of Syria shows this very clearly: The regime is profoundly totalitarian, and ISIS is a terrorist organization. Both act in the same land and in the same way, but both – despite murdering citizens from Syria – are labelled differently. And for me this differentiation is adequate.
Being aware that this is a controversial statement, it is essential for me to highlight that the motivation behind the violent action of a state and the one of a terrorist group is always different. A state that uses violence is mostly totalitarian and authoritarian, which means that it has established structures in order to execute these crimes. Their main motivation is generally that they want to keep their status quo and annihilate its opposition. In contrast, a terrorist group is never institutionalized in such a formal way like a state (although it might have an established structure), and that it always goes against a state. Following this logic, I would like to point out that to my mind, before 1933, the Nazis could be labelled as "terrorists", whilst after taking power, this label did no longer apply to them. They made Germany a fascist and totalitarian state, but not a "terrorist state". This same example could be used for many other regimes where a terrorist group gained power and their actions went from being "terrorist" to become "totalitarian".
But I would like to highlight as well, that today those states that can be labelled as being "democratic" can take violent actions and often have an authoritarian foreign policy. This can be the case for military interventions of Western countries in the Middle East, where under the excuse of "stability" violence is used in an imperialistic way. But again, this is referred to the nature or attitude of a regime, as the regime typology of "terrorist state" does not exist (see here to see a list of the most common political regimes). Perhaps overshadowed by the fact that these Western leaders are elected democratically, their authoritarian foreign policy gains unjustified legitimacy.
Nevertheless, I am not saying that – especially more from the right wing media – protesters who have violent intentions can easily be labelled as "terrorists". This happened in mid-march when in Frankfurt hundreds of people who were part of the "Blockupy movement" and who protested against the policies of the European Central Bank were labelled "terrorists". The reason behind this was that some of the protesters (by far not all of them) were burning cars and bins (which I am not justifying either). In this case, using "terrorism" is wrong, as they were protesting in a violent way, but not killing. In this context, I agree with the author that that the label "terrorist" can be used as propaganda or to discredit a group or movement.
To conclude, I do believe that we have to realize when the word "terrorism" should be used. It should not be used to discredit protesters, nor to describe a totalitarian or authoritarian state. I therefore feel that it is very important to be very clear about the fact that we should always fight and identify terrorists as what they are: Non-institutionalized organizations who justify murdering with political, or religious motivations and who signify a danger for society.
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What is with warlords or what's about the Islamic State. The IS is well organized and – I would say – an organisation which is institutionalized to a certain degree. According to some theory institutional rules are constitutive to any organisation. They rule a territory but it's no state but it is more then "a group".
The argument that a state cannot be labbeled terrorist because it is a state sounds not so convincing for me. I would call a certain kind of violent action terrorism even if a state commit it. The very problem "identify terrorists as what they are" is a problem of labelling. We cannot avoid that label some group as terrorist or authoritarian or whatever already is an political act. Terrorism is never an neutral scientific term but highly normativ.


Generally I can figure it out but it's weird for Utah to wear the gradients in the playoffs and against the Rockets to boot. I associate tequila sunrise sports jerseys with Houston through and through.
And Manchester United has decided 6th place is a good place to be this year.
Frustrating thing about this first round is that there are so many games where the underdog is making tons of noise and putting a scare in 'em... but then just barely losing in the end. Spurs/Nuggets looking like the only series that's interesting at a full-series level.
That timeline has the Minneapolis Giants and the Dodgers playing in Flushing Meadows. Also, you want dark? How's that for dark? P.S. If Tennessee Oilers was fine, then the same goes for Denver Pirates. A rebranding in both cases would be ideal, but an awkward name can suffice.
Yeah, sorry, I hate these. Great if it fits your team color, but these look ridiculous on the Houstons and RSLs and New Englands of the world. And, I have to say it every time, there's nothing environmental or sustainable about making special one time use kits! So stupid as to be offensive.
That's fair, but we also have to deal with what is. it would be nice to live in the parallel dimension with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves and LA Rams. But we live in the darkest timeline.
That's how I feel about them. So close to being really good, but marred by completely avoidable mistakes that baffle me as to how they got through to the final design. The inconsistent stripe weights are what bug me most. Based on the background graphic, the shoulders have outer stripes that are a little too thick, while the pants have outer stripes that are too thin and are barely distinguishable from regular Braisher stripes.
Tonight is a must-win for the Magic. If we lose tonight, there's zero doubt in my mind we lose in Toronto, and the series is over. At the same time, I just have to remember that I had no expectations for this season. This team has already gone so much further than I, or really anyone, thought. No matter what happens the next two games, it's been quite a ride.
How is that possible? The Rockets do have a red logo. They have been wearing red uniforms with maroon trim a lot. Also wear black uniforms with red and dark grey trim a lot. I thought their primary colour scheme was red with silver trim but they do not seem to wear those uniforms much at all. So, yes, tough to know what the Houston Rockets colour scheme is. But enough of this, gotta state my opinions...er "make up ridiculous excuses" about other things.
Appreciate you asking; love that level of transparency.


Update: Issues with actually being able to use the htmleditor with the HtmlEditorResizer have been "fixed".
The first one makes the htmleditor resizable.
The second one lets you check to see if the content in the htmleditor (or anything that extends field) has changed. I used this to simulate a "change" event on the htmleditor.
When I click on textarea I can resize it, but then I can't write in it!
Okay I "fixed" the firefox/chrome resizer issues and updated the first post with the new version. It kind of "blinks" in firefox now but in chrome and IE it's very smooth.
There's now some kinda ugly hackage in there... I hope someone can suggest ways to improve the resizer.


Well it's that time of year again. We're looking forward to doing our taxes and reviewing our yearly budget for owning a 32' sailboat for weekend get aways. We have been keeping tabs on what we spend in the hopes that it will help us plan for when we live aboard. We have just over 1 year left before we finally leave our slip in Pecan Grove for good and we want to make sure we know how much it's going to cost us to have this adventure.
We were actually pretty close to last year's monthly spending. In 2015 we averaged $2,118.46 a month and $2,144.52 in 2016. We did have a pretty significant refit in 2016 when we hauled out at Sailcraft Service Marina. Along with the myriad of projects completed we had some dingy davits installed for over $6,000.00. If we just remove the davit install we would be close to the $1,600.00 I was hoping to hit for our monthly average. We will be doing more work to Starjewel in 2017 to keep her ship shape for living aboard, but I don't think it will be anywhere near the investment. Hopefully 2017 will be a bit more kind to our finances as we get ready to move aboard.
You can see our 2016 yearly totals here. You can also check out our month to month breakdowns of our cost of sailing for 2015 here.


FDOT has provided several ways to provide comments. The Work Program is also posted online for public comment (www.D7WPPH.com) between October 23 – November 6, 2017. An open house was held Monday, October 23, 2017 at the District 7 Headquarters, and presentations were made at public meetings of the MPO's committees in October. The MPO board will review the Work Program at its monthly public meeting on November 8, 2017. Public comment on the work program at this meeting is welcome. Written comments made in advance on the facebook event page will be provided to the MPO Board prior to the November 8 Board Meeting.


It's been too long! It's not that I don't want to blog anymore, I promise! I am impatiently waiting for another hard drive to arrive for my computer so that I can upload pictures once again! I'm really hoping it arrives by tomorrow!
Until I have my new hard drive installed you can always follow me on Instagram! I post lots of random day-to-day pictures on there!
We went camping in LaConner last weekend with some amazing friends! It was such a great camping trip! I am sad that we didn't fit more camping trips with them in this summer!
These are the handprints that we did in August for our Handprint/Footprint Calendar! They are absolutely my favorite one to date!


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When I was an art student in Manchester in the 1980's, my good friend Mark used to cook from a small paperback called The Frugal Cookbook. In it there was a delicious recipe called Jamaican Stew Peas that was easy to make and one that I could never get enough of. It was a comforting combination of rice, beans, coconut, thyme, and black pepper – and one that didn't weigh heavy on the student purse strings. This is an adaptation of the same said recipe but with leeks and sweet potatoes. Great for oryoki meals!
If using dried kidney beans, soak overnight. Drain, put in a pot and cover with fresh water. Either put in a pressure cooker and cover with 3 cm (2″) of water and cook bring to high pressure and cook for 10 minutes; or in a pot for 2 hours adding more water as needed to keep the beans covered while cooking. Drain when tender.
Trim the leeks, using only the pale green and white parts. Cut in quarters down the length then medium dice. Cover with fresh water.
Peel and medium-dice the sweet potatoes.
Peel and medium-dice the carrots.
Keep the chili pepper whole.
In a dry frying pan over a low flame, toast the desiccated coconut until it starts to blush. Set aside.
Drain the leeks and shake off the excess water. Put some oil into a frying pan over a medium flame and stir-fry the leeks, and whole chili if using. When the leeks are caramelized, add the garlic and thyme. Stir-fry for about one minute then transfer to a large pot.
Put the coconut milk, water, cooked kidney beans, and sambal if using, into the large pot with the vegetables. Bring to a boil over a medium-high flame. Turn the flame low and simmer for about twenty minutes or until the carrots are tender and the sweet potatoes are soft and start to loose their sharp edges. Stir now and then.
Next, add the desiccated coconut and the creamed coconut. Let the creamed coconut melt into the stew.
Remove the whole chili pepper.
Serve over Jasmine rice, accompanied by a green salad tossed with Lemon Oregano Dressing.
When do you add the desiccated coconut? Is it just a garnish?


I tell you, it's true.
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I like the way you've reintroduced poetry back into my life Jessica. You really have a gift.
Thank you, Terri… I really don't think my poetry is that great. To me, it's just finding rhythm and rhyme, and throwing words together that a) make sense, and b) express my heart… But, thank you.
love this. can really relate. and the quote at the bottom is perfect..
I was told a long time ago that a great poem is like a mirror to our soul… and you have definitely captured the spirit of us all in this poem. Haunted…a perfect description as well. Wonderful.
A mirror. I like that… In searching for a good reply, I remembered a quote by Charles Bukowski that I've posted before: "Poetry is what happens when nothing else can." That's certainly the way it is for me, but thank goodness it's more than that, too. As Aristotle (and you) said, "Poetry expresses the universal": If others can relate, I have written real poetry.
I like it , Jessica. It's short, it's simple, it's deep.
Lol. Who's or what's stopping you? To each his own..
I'm glad. I do, too.
tony, the image conveys the timbre of my voice; the heart-shaped rock, a tormentor's tool. what could be more perfect?
Simple but interesting. Did your job offer work out from your blog work? Thanks for coming by mine!
You're welcome! I love what you're doing… I had an interview on Wednesday; pretty sure I nailed it. But now I don't know if I want to be a reporter here or go teach in China. If only the reporting job were in China…!!
The words will stop flowing when I die, Henri—their stop *is* death. Thank you so much.
Oh but that's the beauty of it all…our death most certainly aren't theirs. Yes it might put an end to our words' flow, but they will continue to live long after we leave this world.
Thank you, Robert. I don't know about that… My number of followers is growing, but I still have a long way to go… My hope is to really start engaging more of my followers with more of my posts… But that just takes time and practice on my part!
ha, well i know. and as an outside viewer i see it :). we are our own worst critics sometimes, so you can't trust yourself ha. keep at it. you are doing something right.


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Q: Firebase function works when deployed but not locally I have a function that just fetches the data from my firebase and displays it. This works perfectly when deployed, but not locally.
I've attached my code just in case, but seeing as it works when deployed, I dont think that will be the problem, also its copy pasted from freecodecamp tutorial.
Directory is as follows:
firebase folder
|functions
||APIs
|||todos.js
||util
|||admin.js
||index.js

Also, the local version does have an output, its just the empty array initialised in todos.js line 9.
//todos.js
const { db } = require('complete file path');

exports.getAllTodos = (request, response) => {
    db
        .collection('todos')
        .orderBy('createdAt', 'desc')
        .get()
        .then((data) => {
            let todos = [];
            data.forEach((doc) => {
                todos.push({
                    todoId: doc.id,
                    title: doc.data().title,
                    body: doc.data().body,
                    createdAt: doc.data().createdAt,
                });
            });
            return response.json(todos);
        })
        .catch((err) => {
            console.error(err);
            return response.status(500).json({ error: err.code});
        });
};

//admin.js
const admin = require('firebase-admin');

admin.initializeApp();

const db = admin.firestore();

module.exports = { admin, db };

//index.js
const functions = require('firebase-functions');
const app = require('express')();

const {
    getAllTodos
} = require('./APIs/todos')

app.get('/todos', getAllTodos);
exports.api = functions.https.onRequest(app);

I also performed export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="path/to/key.json" to no avail.

A: You initialized the the app without any credentials:
const refreshToken; // Get refresh token from OAuth2 flow

admin.initializeApp({
  credential: admin.credential.refreshToken(refreshToken),
  databaseURL: 'https://<DATABASE_NAME>.firebaseio.com'
});

[Reference this site for more information:] https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup/#initialize-without-parameters


Chris Corcoran is a teacher-turned-comedian and children's television presenter. If you are very young (in which case, why are you reading this blog?) you may have seen him on CBeebies Doodle Do. If you're a bit older, you might have seen him co-presenting The Rhod Gilbert Show. That's quite a CV he's got.
So I'm thinking: "This bloke should be funny. He's written a book about random stories he thinks are funny and entertaining for Quick Reads. Funny AND short. Just what I need at this stage for a book a week in 2010."
At his best, the 'Radio Ga Ga' chapter evokes memories of the school disco, crap songs, youthful inebriation, and child-like priorities. 'Dragon Cabs' and 'Up in London' poke a gentle stick in the side of the Welsh and those from the Valleys (he grew up in Pontypridd, so it's allowed).
At worst, we have a pointless musing in the chapter on 'Health Food Shops'. And the 'I Love Sian Lloyd' chapter should never have made it into print.
Some gentle humour, but overall a bit hit and miss.


Witchers convey with them two swords - one steel and one silver. Steel swords are utilized for battling people and non-people. By "non-people" the diversion obviously implies creatures with a genuine partner (wolves, bears, wild puppies, and so forth). Silver swords are held for fighting beasts and other extraordinary foes. These "rules" are free anyway on the grounds that Geralt can utilize his silver sword against people and Ciri can utilize her steel sword against beasts.
There are additionally maces and tomahawks - what you use is up to your inclination. Geralt will consequently draw the correct weapon for the activity, however you can likewise physically pull or sheathe your weapons.
There is likewise the crossbow. This weapon is basic to progress when battling submerged. At the point when the crossbow is utilized submerged, it seems to have a programmed lift whereby a solitary hit typically slaughters an adversary regardless of whether that hit would regularly not murder the foe ashore.
Utilize your two assault types (quick and solid) shrewdly - and recollect that just before the foe strike hits, Geralt can thump his rival back by repelling - this offers him adequate time to arrive a couple of snappy strikes or an amazing assault.
When all is said in done, Geralt's meat and potatoes assault is to avoid an adversary strike and after that strike the foe from the side or behind with 2-4 sword swings. Contingent upon the foe, after Geralt lands 2-4 strikes, the diversion powers Geralt's next swing to "miss" and enables the foe to strike Geralt. As needs be, you ought to ordinarily evade far from a foe in the wake of getting a couple of strikes.
Geralt is safe to most assaults amid an evade or move liveliness. The assaulting weapon does not really need to "miss" Geralt in the movement to abstain from managing harm. Generally the avoid or move activity will demonstrate an assailant's weapon going straight through Geralt without managing harm.
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For many Australian shoppers, the name Matt Blatt conjures up images of colourful and contemporary furniture and homewares.
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Q: Firebase Auth login and logout based on user's account status I am making an application. I made an account system for the application. But I want to ask something. I separated the login screen and the normal application screens. If the user's account is not open, the login screen; If it is open, it is redirected to the application.
I wrote the following code for this:
main.dart:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:simto_todolist/app.dart';
import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';
import 'package:simto_todolist/welcome_splashs.dart';

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  runApp(MyApp());
}
  var user = FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser;

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      home: accountState(),
    );
  }
}

accountState() {
  if (user == null) {
    return splashScreen(); // login
  } else {
    return app(); // app
  }
}

I also put a logout button in my application. Pressing this button exits the application, but the application just freezes. So the app doesn't know what to do. Then I start the application from the beginning, it redirects to the login screen.
I believe this problem will be solved if I can constantly check that the user's account is open. How can I do this what I want?
The code I gave above only checks once, when the application starts. I want him to check it all the time.

After doing what Peter Koltai said, main.dart:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:simto_todolist/app.dart';
import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';
import 'package:simto_todolist/welcome_splashs.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  runApp(MyApp());
}
  var user = FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser;

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MultiProvider(
      providers: [
        ChangeNotifierProvider<AuthState>(
        create: (context) => AuthState()),
      ],
      builder: (context, child) {
        return MaterialApp(
          home: context.watch<AuthState>().user == null ?
          splashScreen() : app(),
        );
      }
    );
  }
}

class AuthState with ChangeNotifier {
  User _user;
  User get user => _user;
  set user(User currentUser) {
    _user = currentUser;
    notifyListeners();
  }
  MyAuthState() {
    FirebaseAuth.instance.authStateChanges().listen((User currentUser) {
      user = currentUser;
    });
  }
}

The screen does not change when the user logs in in splashScreen().

Login codes:
  RaisedButton(
    child: Padding(
      padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 85, left: 85, top: 12, bottom: 12),
        child: Text("Login", style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontSize: 20, fontFamily: "Roboto-Thin"),),
    ),
    color: Colors.blue[400],
    textColor: Colors.white,
    shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(30.0),
    ),
    onPressed: () async {
      if (_loginEmail.text.isEmpty || _loginPassword.text.isEmpty) {
        CoolAlert.show(
          context: context,
          type: CoolAlertType.error,
          title: "Error",
          text: "Please fill in all fields completely."
        );
      }
      else if(validateEmail (_loginEmail.text) != null) {
        CoolAlert.show(
          context: context,
          type: CoolAlertType.error,
          title: "Error",
          text: validateEmail (_loginEmail.text)
        );
      }
      else {
        try {
          await FirebaseAuth.instance.signInWithEmailAndPassword(
            email: _loginEmail.text,
            password: _loginPassword.text,
          );
      } on FirebaseAuthException catch (e) {
          if (e.code == 'user-not-found') {
            CoolAlert.show(
              context: context,
              type: CoolAlertType.error,
              title: "Error",
              text: "No such user was found."
            );
          }
          else if (e.code == 'wrong-password') {
            CoolAlert.show(
              context: context,
              type: CoolAlertType.error,
              title: "Error",
              text: "Password is incorrect."
            );
          }
          else {
            CoolAlert.show(
              context: context,
              type: CoolAlertType.error,
              title: "Error",
              text: "An unknown error has occurred. Please try again later."
            );
          }
        }
      }
    },
  ),

Logout button codes:
ListTile(
  leading: Icon(Icons.exit_to_app, color: Colors.black, size: 22,),
  title: Text("Logout", style: TextStyle(fontSize: 20, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: Colors.black),),
  onTap: () {
    FirebaseAuth.instance.signOut();
  },
),

A: First set up a listener to authentication state changes like:
FirebaseAuth.instance.authStateChanges().listen((User? user) {
  // execute any logic depending on current authentication state
});

This will be called when user is logged in or out. The next step is to update you application's home route based on this change. One possible solution is to use provider for state management, check here.
Create a class in main.dart for the provider:
class AuthState with ChangeNotifier {
  User? _user;
  User? get user => _user;
  set user(User? currentUser) {
    _user = currentUser;
    notifyListeners();
  }
  AuthState() {
    FirebaseAuth.instance.authStateChanges().listen((User? currentUser) {
      user = currentUser;
    });
  }
}

Don't forget to add provider package and import it into main.dart.
After this you can create your MaterialApp like this (you don't really need MultiProvider but later if you add more providers it can be useful):
return MultiProvider(
  providers: [
    ChangeNotifierProvider<AuthState>(
      create: (context) => AuthState()),
  ],
  builder: (context, child) {
    return MaterialApp(
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      home: context.watch<AuthState>().user == null ?
        splashScreen() : app(),
    );
  });

EDIT: simplified sample without Firebase Authentication
This example demonstrates how the UI is updated on changes in the provider. It can be run on dartpad.dev as well and seems to work. In this example listening to authentication state changes I simply simulate it with explicitly setting an int? value, since during the tests the Firebase part worked, only UI was not updated on logout.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

class AuthState with ChangeNotifier {
  int? _user;
  int? get user => _user;
  set user(int? newUser) {
    _user = newUser;
    notifyListeners();
  }
}

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MultiProvider(
        providers: [
          ChangeNotifierProvider<AuthState>(create: (context) => AuthState()),
        ],
        builder: (context, child) {
          return MaterialApp(
            home: context.watch<AuthState>().user == null
                ? const Login()
                : const Main(),
          );
        });
  }
}

class Login extends StatelessWidget {
  const Login({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) => Scaffold(
          body: Center(
              child: Column(children: [
        const Text('You are not logged in'),
        ElevatedButton(
            child: const Text('Login'),
            onPressed: () => context.read<AuthState>().user = 1)
      ])));
}

class Main extends StatelessWidget {
  const Main({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) => Scaffold(
          body: Center(
              child: Column(children: [
        const Text('You are logged in'),
        ElevatedButton(
            child: const Text('Logout'),
            onPressed: () => context.read<AuthState>().user = null)
      ])));
}


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Q: AWK Split File every n-th Row but group IDs together Lets assume I have the following file text.txt:
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
7
7
8
9
9
9
10
11
11
11
14
15

I want to split this into multiple files by every 5th data row, but if the number of the next row is identical it should still end up in the same file. Header should be in every file, but that could also be ignored and reintroduced later.
This means something like this:
text.txt.1
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
1
2
2
3
3
3

text.txt.2
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
4
4
4
5
5

text.txt.3
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
6
7
7
8
9
9
9

text.txt.4
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
10
11
11
11
14

text.txt.5
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
15

So I was thinking about something like this:
awk 'NR%5==1 && $1!=prev{i++;prev=$1}{print > FILENAME"."i}' test.txt

Both statements work by itself but not together.. is that possible using awk?

A: Nice question.
With your example, this would work:
awk 'BEGIN{i=1;}/\@/{header= header == ""? $0 : header "\n" $0; next}c>=5 && $1!=prev{i++;c=0;}{if(!c) print header>FILENAME"."i; print > FILENAME"."i;c++;prev=$1;}' test.txt

You need strip the header out, and set a counter (c in above), NR is just current line number of the input, it will not meet your needs when the actual lines are not times of 5.
Break it up and improve a tiny bit:
awk 'BEGIN{i=1;}
  /\@/{header= header == ""? $0 : header ORS $0; next}
  c>=5 && $1!=prev{i++;c=0;}
  !c {print header>FILENAME"."i;}
  {print > FILENAME"."i;c++;prev=$1;}
  ' test.txt

To solve the potential problems mentioned in the comment:
awk 'BEGIN{i=1}
  /\@/{header= header == ""? $0 : header ORS $0; next}
  c>=5 && $1!=prev{i++;c=0}
  !c {close(f);f=(FILENAME"."i);print header>f}
  {print>f;c++;prev=$1}
  ' test.txt

or check Ed's answer which is more precise and different platforms/versions compatible.

A: With your shown samples, please try following awk program. Written and tested in GNU awk.
awk '
BEGIN{
  outFile="test.txt"
  count=1
}
/@/{
  header=(header?header ORS:"")$0
  next
}
{
  arr[$0]=(arr[$0]?arr[$0] ORS:"")$0
}
END{
  PROCINFO["sorted_in"] = "@ind_num_asc"
  print header > (outFile count)
  for(i in arr){
    num=split(arr[i],arr2,"\n")
    print arr[i] > (outFile count)
    len+=num
    if(len>=5){ len=0 }
    if(len==0){
      close(outFile count)
      count++
      print header > (outFile count)
    }
  }
}
'  Input_file

A: Using any awk in any shell on every Unix box:
$ cat tst.awk
/^@/ {
    hdr = hdr $0 ORS
    next
}
( (++numLines) % 5 ) == 1 {
    if ( $0 == prev ) {
        --numLines
    }
    else {
        close(out)
        out = FILENAME "." (++numBlocks)
        printf "%s", hdr > out
        numLines = 1
    }
}
{
    print > out
    prev = $0
}

$ awk -f tst.awk text.txt

$ head text.txt.*
==> text.txt.1 <==
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
1
2
2
3
3
3

==> text.txt.2 <==
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
4
4
4
5
5

==> text.txt.3 <==
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
6
7
7
8
9
9
9

==> text.txt.4 <==
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
10
11
11
11
14

==> text.txt.5 <==
@something
@somethingelse
@anotherthing
15


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Q: Terminology for "approximately convex" sequence of integers I have a sequence of integers meeting the following inequality:
$u_n \leq \frac{u_{n-1}+u_{n+1}}{2} + \frac{1}{2}$. In other words, the sequence is "approximately convex", and the difference comes essentially from the fact that we are working with integers.
For example, (2, 2, 1, 1) is not convex but is "approximately convex" in the above sense.
It looks like $\frac{1}{2}$-Jensen-convexity, but I am not sure.
Some context: it comes from an optimization problem where the real solution is a geometric sequence, and the integer solution $(u_n)$ tries its best to "mimic" some properties of a geometric sequence (without being a rounding of it). I would like to convey the message that $(u_n)$ has properties that are not so far from those of a geometric sequence: for example, $(u_n)$ is non-increasing and "approximately convex".


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The Belle of Belfast
The Irish Repertory Theater's thrilling new production about the plight of a nation in crisis will stir your emotions, make you laugh, make you cry and make you want to come back for more.
Posted on April 24, 2015 by archive in Off-Broadway, Plays
Kate Lydic and Arielle Hoffman in a scene from "The Belle of Belfast" (Photo credit: Carol Rosegg)
Stefan Woych, Critic
Belfast in 1985 was in turmoil. Catholics and Protestants were at war. Each one took his side willy nilly without questioning it. Some fought, some ran away. Others found coping methods to justify and deal with the craziness. The Belle of Belfast, written by Nate Rufus Edelman and produced by The Irish Repertory Theater, looks at three generations of Belfast Catholics and how they rationalize and deal with the external hell, as well as their internal conflict between right and wrong.
The ample set by John McDermott is an intelligent divide between interior and exterior life, the run down streets of Belfast and a humble, wooden and warm rectory. Contemplation goes on in both places, be it perils of war or morals. Famed film director Claudia Weill returning to the New York stage establishes this well. Each character has his or her place and is well defined. Weill has a clear vision of the conflict at hand. Impressive music, explosions and street noise punctuate the scenes artfully with sound design by Daniel Kluger.
Full of hate and prejudice, everyone creates mistakes trying to make sense of it all. Playwright Edelman does not have any answers, only questions. He presents them with style, ease and humor. Edelman creates rich characters, Anne (played by Kate Lydic) being the focal point. Orphaned as a result of a bombing, Anne is a 17-year-old spitfire who rebels at every turn. She lives with her elderly great-aunt Emma (Patricia Conolly), who finds refuge in drink. A good Catholic, Emma abides by the commandments and hates Protestants. She brings Anne to confession after a long absence. Ben Reilly (Hamish Allan-Headley), a 35-year-old priest, hears confession. Edelman's dialogue is natural, fluid and funny. The characters curse with great comic effect while revealing layers of history and personal dilemma. Father Reilly sees potential in Anne. He shows tender concern. The lonely and confused teenager falls in love. The three generations disagree, yet they are intertwined and share a religion and a cause. Edelman's sensitive story is full of raw emotion.
Patricia Conolly and Hamish Allan-Headley in a scene from "The Belle of Belfast" (Photo credit: Carol Rosegg)
The cast of five do a marvelous job. Lydic gives a commanding performance as Anne. Devilishly saucy, passionate and funny, she moves the audience. Allan-Headley is convincing and touching as a priest who cares, and as a flawed man. Broadway veteran Conolly's comic timing is impeccable, still striking a cord when the mood turns dark, a fine actress. Billy Meleady wows the audience as Dermott, an elderly alcoholic priest who sees the world as black and white. In a lesser role, Arielle Hoffman does a fine job as Anne's best friend Ciara. However, Rick Sordelet's blocking is awkward when the two girls fight. In addition to being unnatural, it is staged on a platform and at times looks as if the girls will fall off. Appropriate costumes by Terese Wadden reflect the period and social status to complete the picture.
The Irish Repertory Theater can always be counted on for good theater. The Belle of Belfast is a sterling example.
The Belle of Belfast (through June 7, 2015)
Irish Repertory Theatre
DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15th Street in Manhattan
For tickets, call 212-727-2737 or visit http://www.irishrep.org
Arielle Hoffman
Billy Meleady
Carol Rosegg
Claudia Weill
Daniel Kluger
DR2 Theatre
Hamish Allan-Headley
John McDermott
Kate Lydic
Nate Rufus Edelman
Patricia Conolly
Keen Company's revival of A.R. Gurney's would-be, could-be romance between two unhappily married, middle-aged people who are reunited at a party many years after they first met on the Isle of Capri.
Harry Clarke
Billy Crudup's tour-de-force performance is a potent reminder that all you need for good theater is the actor's voice--as well as a good script, of course.
A forced encounter on a NYC subway car in 1992 between a young white and a young African-American man launches this engrossing and racially charged drama.
No Wake
A divorced couple reunites at the funeral of their mentally unstable daughter who committed suicide. The woman has remarried and the man is adrift.


The flu death toll in Iowa has nearly doubled in the last week.
The Iowa Department of Health says 34 deaths from the flu were reported this week alone. That makes it 77 since last October.
Reportedly, and thankfully, no young children have died from the latest flu epidemic, but they, along with older senior citizens are reportedly most susceptible to this latest strain, as well as those with weaker immune systems.
Health experts say it's never too late to get a flu shot, and with the report of the skyrocketing death toll, it might be a very good idea.


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Silkroad Online Proxies
Inspired by the Silkroad landscapes and mythology, Silkroad Online is a popular MMORPG that has attracted worldwide players ever since 2005. The historical fantasy game lets you choose to play either as European or Asian and be one of the three types of characters: a trader, a hunter, or a thief. But, just like any other MMORPG, you can significantly improve your Silkroad Online gaming experience if you use a proxy.
Want to know most important points about Silkroad Online Proxies?
Why Do You Need Proxies for Silkroad? What Is Silkroad Online? What Are Proxies? Benefits of Using a Proxy for Silkroad Online What Are the Best Proxies for Silkroad?
A proxy server allows you to play Silkroad Online anytime, anywhere. But, to understand the benefits of playing the MMORPG using a proxy, you should first know what Silkroad Online and proxy servers are all about.
Silkroad Online or SRO is an MMORPG inspired by the 7th century's trading road extending through Asia and Europe called Silkroad. It was developed by Joymax and published in October 2005. The story of the trade route is only the foundation of the game, as there's nothing more of it involved.
As we already mentioned, you can play as a European or Asian and then pick one of the available classes (hunter, trader, or a thief). You can also pick your favorite armor and weapon, but there's not much more that you can do when it comes to character customization.
Traders sell their goods in cities for profit, thieves try to steal their goods, and hunters try to protect traders by killing the thieves, engaging each other in PVP or player versus player combat.
After playing the game for a while, you'll discover all the elements of Silkroad Online, such as daily missions, online arenas, collaborative dungeons, pets, the guild system, and the crafting materials to improve your character's equipment.
Proxies are intermediary servers that separate you from the web destinations that you browse. They connect your device to website servers, apps, or video games without revealing your IP address and location. Each proxy has its own IP address, which can be from any country in the world, thus making it appear as if you're browsing from another device and location.
The way proxies work is simple. They receive your web requests and send them to the destination servers with a new IP address. The destination servers send the responses to the proxy, and then it finally sends you the web content you requested.
Proxies provide privacy, security, and varying levels of functionality. But, how can this help you when playing Silkroad Online?
A quality proxy provides you with smooth and seamless gameplay in Silkroad Online. Benefits of using one for this MMORPG include:
Playing multiple characters simultaneously on a single device
With a proxy, you can register as many accounts in Silkroad Online as you want and develop your characters without worrying about bans. This is because proxies will give you a different IP address for each account, thus making it seem as if each account is owned and managed by a different user from a different device and location.
As a result, the game servers won't suspect you're playing and running characters from multiple accounts. It's a perfect way to avoid bans.
Using bots
A bot can help you increase your character level and the amount of gold faster by performing actions instead of you. Bots can be really helpful if you run multiple accounts and play with multiple characters.
However, the game can quickly notice your bot activity and ban your account and IP. With a proxy, you can assign a different IP for each account and make the game servers think that multiple real users are playing the game and not a bot.
Faster connection
Using a proxy in the same region as Silkroad Online servers allows players to enjoy lag-free gameplay when playing with a proxy. This is really important for player versus player combats which require low latencies and fast response.
Bypassing any restrictions
Schools, workplaces, and other institutions and organizations may ban access to online games like Silkroad Online. A proxy, however, can help you bypass these restrictions and access the game by giving you an IP address from a different location.
For an ultimate gaming experience, you should use reliable private proxies from a premium proxy provider. You can find high-speed, premium, and anonymous private proxies at IPRoyal to get the maximum benefits for Silkroad Online and take your game to the next level.
Purchasing a private proxy from a reputable proxy provider like IPRoyal ensures you don't share it with anyone else. In other words, you can safely connect a different IP to each Silkroad Online account, thus eliminating the risk of blocking and hacking.
What are Silkroad proxies?
These are regular proxies that work with Silkroad Online. Use premium private proxies from a reliable provider for the ultimate online gaming experience.
How to improve account security in Silkroad Online?
Proxy servers can help you improve your Silkroad Online account security by hiding your IP address and allowing you to play anonymously.


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I want to unset all parent elements in which ALL subkeys have empty values, like 0, '', false, null. In my example abc needs to be unset.
Currently I'm manually checking within a foreach loop if each subkey is empty, but the if condition is huge because I have 8 subkeys :)
Is there a nicer alternative for this?

A: $array = array_filter($array, 'array_filter');

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    [def] => Array
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            [subkey3] => 0
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The outer array_filter() will loop over the array and call the inner array_filter() on each sub array, which will remove all subkeys which are empty. If each subkey is empty, the outer array_filter() should then remove the whole sub array.

If no callback is supplied, all entries of input equal to FALSE (see converting to boolean) will be removed.

A: How about this:
foreach ($arr as $index=>$element)
{
  if (in_array(0, $element))
  {
    unset($arr[$index]);
  }
}


Ameriprise has grown its EPS at a near 14% CAGR since 2005 and yet it currently trades under 8x the next-twelve-months consensus earnings forecast. To put this year in some context, at the beginning of 2018, AMP was expected to earn $13.25 and $14.55, respectively. Since then, those estimates have been revised up to $14.85 and $16.30, but the stock has fallen from $170 to $125.
I think Ameriprise should be able to continue growing at approximately a double-digit EPS rate over the longer-term. If it can get back to a 12x P/E multiple (where it was at to start 2018), it would be worth about $200 on 2019 EPS or about 60% upside.
I suspect that investors are ignoring the stock because of the perceived risk around its asset management and insurance businesses, including its exposure to legacy long-term-care liabilities, which are in run-off. While I think these concerns are overblown, I believe that their Advice & Wealth Management business is the real crown jewel – a diamond hidden in the rough. As this financial advisory division has become a larger portion of profits, the business has become more capital-light, which has allowed it to repurchase 45% of the shares outstanding over the past eight years. While profits fell sharply in 2008, AMP was able to grow its EPS through the financial crisis - from $3.48 in 2006 to $5.00 in 2011 (an 8.5% CAGR).
Within Financials, I think the Financial Advisory segment is a great business. It's based on a flexible cost structure – as employees are generally compensated on some variable payment scheme and management can trim lower-performing advisors during an economic downturn. Meanwhile, revenues are recurring, as they are tied to assets under management, with a low-level of client turnover. And, what I like most is that, unlike banks or insurance companies, this business requires very little capital which means that the income generated from the business is available to shareholders. The allocated capital for this segment is just $765m compared to pre-tax operating profit of $1.35b over the past 12-months.
There is a lot of concern around the shift towards passive and its implications to the asset management industry, but the advisory business can adapt as it has moved from a commission-driven business model to a "wrap-fee" business today where the advisor and client's interests are better aligned. Ultimately, this is a relationship business and a meaningful aspect of that is planning and coaching clients – preparing advisees with a plan to act logically and not emotionally. A good financial advisor could be described as a financial therapist. And, because advisors have direct relationships with their customers, they are more likely to have sticky relationships, compared to other products in the financial channel – such as insurance or investment management.
Operating profits in this segment have grown from $434m in 2012 to $1,163m in 2017 and were up another 19% through the first three quarters of 2018.
Compared to its peers, AMP has been doing very well. The wealth division of AMP has grown its client assets per advisor by 57%, compared to 41% for its peers (including: Edward Jones, LPL, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, and UBS – according to AMP's May 2018 Investor Presentation).
Asset management was about 25% of operating profit in 2017, slightly down from roughly 30% five years ago. While the market is concerned about the move to passive versus active-management, I think there are some offsets to those fears. AMP has both a diversified product line and distribution platform with a healthy mix of equity-funds (55%), fixed-income (35%), and alternatives (10%). While outflows have been modestly negative over the past seven years (~2.5% of AUM on average) and fees have compressed, AMP has been able to adjust its cost structure, keeping its operating profit to AUM ratio relatively constant, as expenses have declined. Furthermore, the percentage of lower fee products (from prior related-party relationships) has declined, which has helped keep operating profits stable. Lastly, the asset management business also does not consume a lot of capital as it is a fee-based business as well.
Another reason the stock has been avoided is because of its exposure to long-term-care liabilities, as peers like Unum or Genworth have persistently understated the risks associated with these policies. However, I think AMP has done a good job providing transparency and dimensioning the potential risk.
AMP began writing long-term-care business in 1989 and sold their last policy in 2002. They think about the exposure in two distinct blocks.
First, the older generation policies that were written between 1989 and 1997, which is about half of the outstanding policies and 56% of the GAAP reserves. This block has been shrinking over the past few years, as the average age of policyholders is about 80 and the average age of policyholders under claim is 87. With this older block of policies, AMP benefits from having substantial credible experience and the actual results have deviated very little from reserves in recent years (this is different than the situations at many of their competitors).
The second group was policies written between 1997 and 2002 – this block has a more conservative risk profile, specifically a smaller portion of the block has lifetime benefits and there are higher premiums per policy.
The company has adequately managed the long-term care exposure. First, they have taken an active approach to steadily increasing rates since 2005. Second, they have taken a conservative reserve position which their statutory reserves nearly $400m higher than the GAAP reserves.
To put some numbers around it, they have $1.1b of GAAP reserves. So, they could have a 35% increase in their reserves without having a capital impact. And, they have said that a 5% increase in morbidity assumptions would have about a $130m impact to reserves, but morbidity frequency has only been increasing about 1% per year. An additional $400m hit would be just a one-time $2 EPS hit, compared to $15 of expected EPS for 2018. So, this risk seems overblown.
Plus, on the 3Q18 earnings conference call, management discussed the prospect of executing a risk transfer deal to shed these liabilities – which they think they could complete without contributing a significant amount of capital.
As mentioned above, the real beauty of the financial advisory business is that it does not require much capital. This has allowed Ameriprise to reduce the share count to 146.5m in 3Q18 from 262m in 2010, on top of the current 2.5% dividend yield.
Management also has a good history of being opportunistic, as they were able to acquire the Columbia Asset Management business in 2009 (announced) from Bank of America.
On a relative basis, AMP is valued attractively. Among financial advisory firms, AMP is trading at below 8x NTM EPS compared to 10x for Raymond James and 9x for LPL. Plus, AMP has grown its EPS at a faster rate over the 5-10 years.
Compared to other investment managers (AB, AMG, EV, IVZ, LM, and TROW), AMP has had better EPS growth as well, but also trades at a discount to the group average of near 10x (the range is 7x-12x).
Leverage to financial markets – both fees associated with wealth management and investment management are ultimately related to stock and bond market levels.
Long-term care – I think the risk is contained and reflected in the stock price.
Investment management AUM declines – fee pressure or outflows could impact investment management profits.
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MI FAMILIA VOTA Speaks With Pete Buttigieg on Latino Priorities and Campaign's Diversity
By: Latino Rebels
Editor's Note: The headline to this story was updated to read "MI FAMILIA VOTA Speaks With Pete Buttigieg on Latino Priorities and Campaign's Diversity" after the Buttigieg campaign contacted Latino Rebels, objecting to the use of "lack of diversity" in the original headline. It cited Buttigieg's "40% of our 500 some people campaign are people of color" quote to MFV. The campaign also cited a POLITICO story about its diversity numbers.
On Wednesday, Mi Familia Vota (MFV) released a conversation that MFV's CEO and Executive Director Héctor Sánchez Barba had with presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on January 11 in Las Vegas. MFV released this video hours after a New York Times story reported on how people of color felt about working in the Buttigieg campaign.
Here are some excerpts of what Buttigieg told Sánchez Barba on January 11 about Latinos:
On Latino staff on his campaign: "It is very important for us that our campaign reflects the country that we are seeking to serve and about 40% of our 500 some people campaign are people of color including Latino representatives who are making such important contributions, including seven who are in positions who are more senior across areas from policy to communications to outreach. We will continue as our campaign grows to prioritize and ensure that the Latino community and other under-represented communities have a voice."
On representation of Latinos in his cabinet: "I am committed to making sure that our cabinet is representative, so the number may change from one year to another year or at various moments, but you can be confident, and I will commit that it will on balance reflect the makeup of our nation."
On deportations: "The best way to make sure that someone does not have the threat of deportation hanging over them is to give them some sort of pathway to citizenship so they have some way to normalize their status, to begin with. Along that pathway, there may be stages, of permanent residency. But something that removes that threat of deportations."
On Puerto Rico: "The resilience and character of Puerto Rico make the United States a better country. And we must begin with regard to what Puerto Rico offers the Puerto Rican people who are the life of this country both on the island and as they have become parts of other communities from coast to coast. What that means in concrete terms, we have to treat our fellow U.S. citizens, and we are talking about U.S. Citizens, not as second class citizens. And we have so many things legislatively that have that effect, from problems with our economic arrangements, an inferior pathway to getting disaster aide, in the wake of maria and now the disaster of earthquakes. When we look at Medicare and Medicaid and again it is inferior treatment, it needs to be leveled."
On immigration reform: "[ what ] we do not want in the first hundred days but on the first day. There are a lot of things that are occurring on the border, enforcement priorities, detention centers, family separation, refusal to grant the right to asylum, all of which can be done with executive action. Seeing to it that there is no such thing as a for-profit detention center… This immigration reform has been waiting for thirty years, and it cannot wait anymore. So we will push Congress to do the right thing then I will act as soon as the reform reaches me."
Previously, MFV released two other videos with presidential candidates.
This is the conversation with Tom Steyer:
And here is the one with Joe Biden:
With operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Texas, MFV is "a national civic engagement organization that unites Latino, immigrant, and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and voter participation," according to the media release about he Buttigieg video.
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The Maldives cannot represent climate leadership with an autocrat at the helm
Countries that slip backwards into autocracy and corruption should be excluded from accessing the $100bn climate finance promised to developing nations
President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, who replaced Mohamed Nasheed after he was ousted in a coup in 2012 and later lost an allegedly rigged election. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Wed 3 Jun 2015 11.49 EDT Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.59 EDT
This week sees governments meeting in Bonn, Germany for the last negotiating session in advance of November's UN meeting on climate change in Paris – billed as the best chance in a generation for a worldwide treaty to tackle global warming.
The omens are better than for many years. The political landscape was changed dramatically by last November's China-US emissions deal. With the world's two biggest emitters covered, other pledges have been arriving thick and fast: the task for Paris will be to forge them into a global agreement with legal force.
The other major issue under discussion in Bonn is finance, in particular how the commitment to providing developing countries $100bn (£65bn) a year by 2020 for climate adaptation and mitigation can be funded. One of the strongest and most morally charged voices in this arena is the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis), who are most vulnerable to sea level rise and other climate impacts. But this is where the problems start.
The chair of Aosis is currently the Maldives, a country of hundreds of coral atolls, none of them more than a metre above sea level. The Maldives shot to global attention in 2009, when its charismatic president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater cabinet meeting to raise awareness of his nation's plight, and later pledged to make his country the world's first carbon neutral state.
Former Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed signs a declaration during the first underwater cabinet meeting in the Maldives on 17 October 2009. He is now sentenced to 13 years in prison. Photograph: Ho New/Reuters
Nasheed personally took on the might of China and the US in the climactic closed-door heads of state meeting in Copenhagen in 2009. He then defended the deal from the conference floor when other world leaders had already jetted home, salvaging some positives from a process that was otherwise headed towards total collapse. (I was climate adviser to President Nasheed during that time.)
However, the Maldives is no longer represented by Nasheed, who was ousted in a coup in 2012 and later lost a rigged presidential election to the half brother of the former dictator. Nasheed was recently arrested, tried and sentenced to 13 years in prison following a politically-motivated trial Amnesty International decried as a "travesty of justice". He is currently languishing in an unsanitary jail with highly restricted access to medical care, legal representation or visits from his wife and young children.
The Maldives' new autocratic leadership has gutted the country's democratic institutions and imprisoned every political opposition leader. The authoritarian president Abdullah Yameen has ditched the carbon neutral pledge and plans instead to drill for oil in the Maldives' pristine coral-fringed waters. Yet this is the voice, as chair of Aosis, now supposedly representing the moral force of small island states at the international climate negotiations.
Having some of the most vulnerable countries in the world representated by authoritarian regimes presents the world with a dilemma. Should demands from these countries for billions of dollars' worth of climate aid be heeded, when minimum standards of good governance are ignored and human rights are trampled?
In the Maldives, Yameen's ministers have been accused of links with international gangsters and drug-dealers. Corruption is endemic, while journalists have been threatened, beaten and disappeared. Islamic extremism, meanwhile, is thriving, with hundreds of Maldivians reportedly traveling to Syria to join Islamic State.
The problem was recognised by Nasheed when in office. Sharing his concerns over the possible channeling of western climate aid through corrupt governments in developing countries, he said: "The money is rarely spent on what it should be. Even that which isn't stolen is spent on the wrong thing. The contract is given to a minister's relative, rather than to a reputable company."
This is not a call to reduce the amount of aid pledged in Paris: the $100bn target has been agreed and should be met. But there is surely now a strong case for setting up procedures to enforce minimum standards of accountability for countries aiming to draw from these funds. There are plenty of Aosis members and other vulnerable nations that respect democracy, human rights and good governance, from Barbados to Cape Verde to Samoa.
These countries should be first in the queue, while nations like the Maldives that slip backwards into autocracy and corruption should be excluded from accessing climate finance support. In the meantime, Aosis should come to its senses and realise that it is damaging the interests of small island states worldwide to have its collective voice represented by a regime that crushes democracy and imprisons opposition leaders.
Human rights and climate change cannot be traded off against each other. It is because human rights and dignity are accepted as universal values that there is a moral case for climate finance in the first place – to address the injustice of those suffering the worst climate impacts not being those who bear the most responsibility for global warming.
Morality is a double-edged sword – if you behave unjustly yourself you forfeit any claim to moral leadership. That is why the Maldives cannot represent climate leadership while an aspiring dictator remains at the helm.
Global climate talks
COP 21: Paris climate change conference 2015


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High school graduations in Shreveport Bossier are about a month away. Seniors are starting to get excited about the next phase of their lives.
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We hope the ceremonies are memorable for all the parents and students. We do remember the Mansfield High graduation ceremony from 2015 when one young lady had trouble walking in her high heels. This video went viral and has been seen by more than 3 million people. Girls, don't try out those super high heels at your graduation.


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Headstand's Grande Finale - Listen Again
Well, the final Headstand show has gone out live on Cambridge radio as of Tuesday 19th August. J.S.Watts was delighted to have been a live studio guest on the final broadcast and to have had the opportunity to read a series of valedictory poems in honour of the occasion.
What do you mean, you didn't hear it? Never mind, all is not lost.
You can listen to Headstand's Grande Finale with poets J.S. Watts and Rychard Carrington, and Maciek Pawlikowski from Cambridge 105 show Polish Waves on Mixcloud. There are also contributions from other past Headstand guests including Leanne Moden and Patrick Sheil and his band Moth Conspiracy and, of course, there is the show's polymath host, Patrick Widdess.
Click here to listen to the whole programme. You can find J.S.'s poetry reading at 14:45 minutes into the show, but you really ought to listen to the whole, wonderfully eclectic mix of music and poetry. You really ought.
Headstand's Last Stand
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