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Ashley Rotchford on 7/23/2017
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A recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recognized same-sex common law marriage in Pennsylvania, provided such common law marriages were entered into before 2005 and met the requirements set forth in Staudenmayer v. Staudenmayer, 714 A.2d 1016 (Pa. 1998) (holding that a party claiming a common law marriage must produce clear and convincing evidence of the marriage contract). This case reinforces a series of earlier lower court decisions in Pennsylvania that also found pre-2005 same-sex common law marriages to be valid. This recognition of same-sex common law marriage confirms rights of same-sex couples, specifically those who never had the chance to formally marry, to receive the benefits and responsibilities that Pennsylvania already conferred onto opposite-sex married couples, including inheritance rights.
In Estate of Stephen Carter, the decedent ("Decedent") and his partner ("Petitioner") were in a 17-year same-sex relationship. They met in February 1996 and began living together just a few months later in Philadelphia. In late 1996, Petitioner proposed to Decedent with a diamond ring, which Decedent accepted. A few months later, Decedent gave Petitioner a ring with the date February 18, 1997 inscribed on it. The couple celebrated an anniversary on that date each subsequent year. In April 2013, Decedent died. Three years later, in 2016, Petitioner sought a declaration that he and Decedent were in a common law marriage prior to January 1, 2005. No one opposed Petitioner in seeking this declaration, and Decedent's family supported Petitioner.
The Beaver County Orphans' Court denied the petition on two grounds. First, the Orphans' Court found that same-sex partners could not enter into common law marriages prior to 2014 because same-sex marriage was not recognized in Pennsylvania prior to that date. The trial court considered it a legal impossibility to recognize a common law marriage that would not have been legal at the time it was entered into. Second, even if it were legal, Petitioner failed to establish that he and Decedent were in a common law marriage. The trial court based this conclusion on the testimony of Petitioner and others that Petitioner and Decedent wished to have a formal wedding ceremony after same-sex marriage was legalized in Pennsylvania.
Petitioner appealed the trial court's decision, arguing that Pennsylvania should recognize same-sex common law marriages in light of recent decisions regarding marriage rights, and that he presented sufficient evidence to show that he and Decedent were in a common law marriage prior to 2005. The Superior Court agreed.
The Superior Court first addressed the trial court's claim that same-sex couples could not enter into common law marriages prior to 2014 because, before 2014, Pennsylvania law only recognized marriage between a man and a woman. The Superior Court was quick to dismiss this claim by stating that courts cannot rely on unconstitutional laws to preclude common law marriage. The court noted that in 2013, there was a shift towards recognizing same-sex marriage at the state and federal level that resulted in the abrogation of "defense of marriage" statutes nationwide. "Together, Windsor, Whitewood, and Obergefell teach that same-sex couples have precisely the same capacity to enter marriage contracts as do opposite-sex couples, and a court today may not rely on the now-invalidated provisions of the Marriage Law to deny that constitutional reality." Carter, Slip. Op. at 13.
The Superior Court, therefore, started its analysis of the right of same-sex couples to be in recognizable common law marriages by providing an in-depth look into the evolution of same-sex marriage at the federal and state level.
The court began with Windsor, in which the United States Supreme Court held that the provision of the Defense Of Marriage Act ("DOMA") defining marriage as between a man and a woman violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. U.S. v. Windsor, 133 S.Ct. 2675, 2695 (2013). The Court reasoned that "DOMA's unusual deviation from the usual tradition of recognizing and accepting state definitions of marriage … operates to deprive same-sex couples of the benefits and responsibilities that come with the federal recognition of their marriages." Id. at 2693.
Then the Superior Court looked to Whitewood v. Wolf, a Middle District of Pennsylvania case that struck down Pennsylvania's Marriage Law as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment, based on the precept that same-sex couples have the same fundamental right to marry as opposite-sex couples. 992 F.Supp. 2d 410, 423- 24 (M.D. Pa. 2014). In its ruling, the Whitewood court emphasized that "the right Plaintiffs seek to exercise is not a new right, but is rather a right that these individuals have always been guaranteed by the United States Constitution." Id. at 423. Quoting Whitewood, the Superior Court noted: "[Those who drew and ratified the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment] knew times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress. As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom." Id. at 423.
Carter, Slip. Op. at 10.
In addition, prior to this matter reaching the Superior Court, several lower courts in Pennsylvania had already recognized the right of same-sex couples to be in common law marriages that commenced prior to 2005, including In re Estate of Wilkerson, No. 500 DE of 2016 (O.C. Phila. Sept. 25, 2016) (same-sex common law marriage existed as of July 4, 1990). Looking to this precedent at the federal and state level, the Superior Court concluded that same-sex couples had the right to enter into common-law marriages prior to 2005 in Pennsylvania.
The court then addressed whether Petitioner and Decedent fulfilled the necessary elements to be in a common law marriage. Even before 2005, courts in Pennsylvania did not look kindly upon common law marriage "[b]ecause claims for the existence of a marriage in the absence of a certified ceremonial marriage present a 'fruitful source of perjury and fraud.'" Staudenmayer, 714 A.2d at 1019.
Relying on the standards set forth in Staudenmayer, the court noted that Petitioner must show by clear and convincing evidence that he and Decedent had entered into a legal relationship. To do so, Petitioner must show a present intent to marry prior to 2005.
In its analysis, the court focused on the uncontradicted testimony of Petitioner and others, who testified in support of Petitioner. Specifically, the court focused on the fact that Petitioner and Decedent exchanged rings and celebrated their wedding anniversary on the same day every year. The court noted that the exchanging of rings is strong evidence of a present intent to marry. See, e.g., Estate of Wagner, 159 A.2d 495, 498 (Pa. 1960).
While recognizing that same-sex couples are subject to the same standards of proving a common law marriage as opposite-sex couples, the court found nothing in the facts that indicated perjury or fraud.
Furthermore, the court addressed the trial court's emphasis on the testimony that Petitioner and Decedent were planning a formal wedding ceremony. Noting that "the couples statements about a future 'wedding' or 'big party' plainly referred to a ceremonial marriage … which is fully consistent with an existing common law marriage," the court concluded that Petitioner satisfied his burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that he and Decedent entered into a common law marriage prior to 2005. Carter, Slip Op. at 22.
In conclusion, the court reversed and remanded the case to the trial court for entry of an order declaring a common law marriage between Petitioner and Decedent as of February 18, 1997.
Ashley Rotchford is a law student at Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D. expected 2018) and was a 2017 summer associate at Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill&Sager, P.C. This article previously appeared in the Probate and Trust Section Newsletter, June 2017. © 2017 Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager, P.C. All Rights Reserved.
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The Calgary Flames - From 80 Feet Above
I'm a born and raised Calgarian, who has covered the NHL's Calgary Flames as a contributor to The Canadian Press since 1989-90. A graduate of the journalism program at Mount Royal College, when I'm not filing stories onto the wire, I'm posting analysis and features right here. Stop by, dig in, but don't take things too seriously, it's just hockey.
Reality Check: No McDavid? No Eichel? No Problem
We've all been obsessed with someone at some point in our lives.
For me, back to the early 80s, it was all about Catherine Bach and Christie Brinkley. I was smitten. I had posters of both of them, photos cut from magazines. Both the same age, I always told myself I'd be happy to end up with either one of them.
But alas, I grew out of those delusional early teenage years and now it's time for you to move on also.
Starting now, I implore Calgary Flames fans to reach the same realization I reluctantly came to back in 1983 with Daisy Duke and the hot blonde in the red Ferrari from the movie Vacation. That is the cold, harsh reality that the two objects of fans' undying affection -- Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, are not going to end up in Calgary.
Oh, your heart will ache for the next few days, I've been there. But it's time to accept the situation and move on. Unlike Patrick Dempsey in Can't Buy Me Love and Ralph Macchio in Karate Kid, it's looking increasingly likely that the nerd isn't going to end up with the cheerleader in this movie.
This may seem rash. After all, the NHL season is less than two weeks old and the Flames have stepped foot on Scotiabank Saddledome ice only once. But I don't think it is.
The impressive 4-2-0 mark on the recently completed road trip -- Calgary's first four-win road junket in nearly five seasons (since going 4-2-0 from Nov. 27 to Dec. 7, 2009), demonstrated to me that like it or not, these Flames are not capable of being bad enough to be in the running to land (or at least be one of the lottery favorites to get) one of those aforementioned 17-year-old uber-prospects, who will go first and second in the 2015 NHL Draft.
Here are a few reasons why it's time to stop dreaming, stop getting frustrated with Flames wins and to start enjoying them instead.
1. Giordano and Brodie are Too Good
Captain Mark Giordano and TJ Brodie, the Flames dynamic top defense pairing, who log 25 minutes per night and typically do so against the most difficult of opposition forward lines, is as underrated as they come. This is no longer two guys you merely dismiss with a 'best of the rest' descriptor, they blew by that point some time ago. Now they're right up there among the best pairings in the NHL and are worthy of being mentioned in the same conversation as Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook, Shea Weber and Roman Josi, Ryan Suter and Jonas Brodin, Zdeno Chara and Dougie Hamilton, etc.
With seven points (3 goals, 4 assists), Brodie is tied with Mason Raymond for the Flames scoring lead and is also tied for the NHL lead in points by a defenceman. With six points (1 goal, 5 assists), Giordano is right behind. Always threats in the attacking zone, they are even better in the defensive end where they anchor Calgary. They play the penalty kill, they're on the power play, they're two star players and no matter how bad the cast is around them, they're single-handedly going to keep Calgary from being in the NHL cellar. There's just no way with them playing at the level they are that the Flames can finish in the bottom two.
2. Goaltending is Too Good
It's one thing to have a good goalie -- someone you can rely upon every night to keep you in the game and who will sometimes steal you a win. It's quite another to have two of them.
When you only have one goalie that is proven, like the Colorado Avalanche with Semyon Varlamov and the Nashville Predators with Pekka Rinne, you can be in a heap of trouble when that goalie gets hurt. However, it appears the Flames are in really good shape between the pipes this season with two accomplished goaltenders in Jonas Hiller and Karri Ramo, each of whom have gotten off to tremendous starts.
Let's face it, goaltender is the most important position on the ice. They can turn great teams into average teams as longtime Philadelphia Flyers fans can attest. They can also turn mediocre teams into good teams, which in this city we know about first-hand from the many seasons Miikka Kiprusoff was the Flames starting goaltender and savior.
Recognizing a need to upgrade in net, adding a proven veteran goalie was the modus operandi for Flames general manager Brad Treliving on July 1 and the mission was successful, signing Hiller, 32, to a two-year/$9-million deal.
Backstopped by Hiller and Ramo, who had a strong second half last season, the Flames enter this season with goaltending as one of their strengths and biggest areas of improvement and we've seen that play out so far. Hiller (.942) and Ramo (.920) have combined for a .934 team save percentage (excluding empty net goals) through Sunday's games, which ranks Calgary sixth in the NHL:
Minnesota, .955
Los Angeles, .954
Detroit, .949
Nashville, .948
Ottawa, .944
Calgary, .934
Based on what we've seen, this duo is just too strong for Calgary to finish at or near the cellar. And even if an injury was to occur, there's always Joni Ortio waiting in Adirondack. The 23-year-old Finn showed last season he's a capable NHL goalie also and while his first month this season was a bit rocky, he stopped 36 of 38 shots on Saturday night in Adirondack's win so he's returning to form.
3. Bob Hartley is Too Good
As you'll all remember, the Flames played 49 one-goal games last year, which equaled the most a NHL team had ever played prior to last season.
Early signs this year are that coach Bob Hartley will once again have his team competing to the final buzzer every single night.
On Sunday, it was overcoming a 1-0 first period deficit to storm back and defeat Winnipeg 4-1. On Friday night, after falling behind 2-0 less than six minutes into the game and trailing 3-0 after two periods, Calgary rolled up its sleeves, dug in, and started chipping away. Suddenly there they were, within one goal near the end of the game and absolutely pouring on the pressure. That puck was in the Blue Jackets end for the final two-and-a-half minutes and the Flames were extremely unlucky to not tie the game.
Even on nights when they get dominated territorially as they did earlier in the trip in Chicago, this club seems to always find a way to hang around and stay in it. It's a quality that will earn them extra points throughout this season via extra-time losses and shootout victories, many of which will come in games in which zero points was the expected outcome.
4. Flames Prospects are Too Good
The Flames dipped into the minors for the first time the other day and brought up Josh Jooris. The training camp sensation had an immediate impact in Columbus scoring a beautiful goal, generating three shots, had another two-on-one chance that could have also resulted in a goal. Hartley was so pleased with Jooris' game, he sent the 24-year-old in his first NHL game over the boards with 2:07 left in a one-goal game. That stuff rarely happens, especially under Hartley. But it nearly paid off too.
If Hartley and the organization continue to be true to the motto of 'always earned, never given', there is too much talent in the Flames farm system for them to lose at the pace they'll need to in order to finish in the NHL's bottom two. This is not the Flames organization of six years ago when your minor league options when injuries struck were guys like Brett Sutter, Warren Peters and Kyle Greentree.
Waiting in the wings this season, dying for a chance to come up and show they are NHL-ready (as they already showed in the pre-season) are talented players like Michael Ferland and Markus Granlund. I would also include Max Reinhart, who has looked really good with the baby Flames so far. On the weekend for Adirondack, the three of them played on the same line and were excellent, even dominating at times.
When the Flames need to call up someone from the AHL now, they may even end up improving their team, depending on who is being replaced.
5. A Bunch of Other Teams Are Not Too Good
While it's easy and amusing for folks in Calgary to pick on the last place Oilers while they can, I think Edmonton should eventually be fine. Surely. The real threat to secure 30th place and guarantee themselves one of McDavid or Eichel are the Buffalo Sabres. With 2014 second overall draft pick Sam Reinhart looking like he might be jettisoned back to the WHL soon, it has already been a tough start for Buffalo and I just can't see their fortunes turning around. Recapping the Sabres season so far:
In four home games, they've scored two goals
They've been outshot 227-141 so far, that's an average of 38 to 24
Their only win was a shootout win against a not-very-good Carolina team
In addition to Buffalo, other teams that are going to be awfully hard for the Flames to get under are the Jordan Staal-less Carolina Hurricanes. If they trade away older brother Eric Staal, that's going to make them even worse. In the West, there's Edmonton but perhaps an even bigger threat to the bottom three is Winnipeg, who did not look very good at all on Sunday night and have lost four straight. The Jets scored six times in their season opener but have scored only twice in four games since. They're missing Evander Kane and with goaltending a giant question mark, it wouldn't be a shock if the Jets are right in the thick of the 27th, 28th, 29th place mix.
Don't forget about Florida either. While they're better, they're still the Panthers and there's not exactly a culture of winning around that hockey club.
6. Draft Lottery Odds are Not Too Good
The way the draft lottery works now, after the NHL introduced changes this past summer, is even if the Flames were to finish in 29th place, ahead of only the Buffalo Sabres, that still leaves Calgary with just a one-in-three chance of selecting in the top two.
It seems like funky math at first but it's true. Finish second-last and the odds of dropping a spot in the draft order are twice-as-good as staying at No. 2 or moving up.
Allow me to explain. As you'll see in the chart below, the cumulative odds of a team ranked 17th to 28th in the overall standings winning the lottery is 66.5% and if that happened, that team would jump up to No. 1, knocking Buffalo to 2nd and Calgary to 3rd pick in this scenario.
Now it should be noted that third pick in 2015 isn't a bad spot to be in either, considering the Flames positional need. Giant Boston College blue-liner Noah Hanifin is highly touted and would make for a nice consolation prize. However, you're only assured of him as a worst-case scenario if you finish in 29th place and I just can't see that happening for Calgary.
It would only take one of the Hurricanes, Panthers, Jets or Oilers to finish below Calgary for the Flames to finish no lower than 28th. In this scenario, despite that bottom three placing, the odds of dropping to 4th pick are still greater than 50/50 at 55 percent to be exact.
If you're going to get frustrated every time the Flames lose this season or send a game to overtime, you've got a long, agonizing six months ahead of you. Just give up on that pipe dream right now and instead, sit back and enjoy watching Calgary begin to turn the corner. Soak up the entertainment of close games, the one-goal losses, the overtime victories, which are all building blocks towards an eventual return to the playoffs.
Continue to enjoy watching Brodie and Giordano shut opponents down. Just like seeing your own kids grow up and mature, fondly watch for continued improved play from youngsters like Joe Colborne, Lance Bouma and Sean Monahan. Enjoy seeing Mikael Backlund take another step. Be on the edge of your seat to see Johnny Gaudreau find his way. Revel in the scoring prowess of Mason Raymond, who will be here for at least three years and is looking like a real find with five goals already -- second in the NHL behind only Rick Nash. Get excited about Kris Russell, the Flames new alternate captain and a shifty little player, who is fun to watch.
Will Calgary be able to keep up the pace from this strong start to the season? Doubt it. Are some offensive droughts coming? Probably. Do the Flames have a realistic shot at making the playoffs? Not really.
But it's time to move past the infatuation with McDavid and Eichel and be prepared and happy to accept whoever the Flames get at wherever they end up picking -- just like the Flames ended up with Monahan two years ago and Bennett last season. (And who knows, maybe Calgary finishes 25th and wins the draft lottery. The odds of winning the lottery for teams that finish 17th to 26th have gone up with those changes made to the lottery.)
Let's not forget there is already plenty of talent in the pipeline already that I haven't yet mentioned in the likes of Sam Bennett, Emile Poirier, Morgan Klimchuk, Sven Baertschi, Bill Arnold, Hunter Smith, Tyler Wotherspoon, Patrick Sieloff and Jon Gillies. While also adding one of the two best prospects of the 2015 draft class would have been icing on the cake, we're still talking about a pretty good ice cream cake already in existence here.
With such a strong draft class at the very top for 2015, that inevitably means some pretty darn good players are going to be available at picks No. 4, 5, and 6 also. You may not know their names right now but you will and that player chosen will become yet another important piece. Heck, when I was 13, even I had a back-up plan I was more then content with: Elisabeth Shue, Heather Locklear, or Belinda Carlisle.
My best advice for this season is don't over-think it and just sit back and enjoy the moments... all 82 games of them.
Recent Related Flames Reading
Happy 20th Birthday: Monahan Finishes Second for Goals by a Flames Teen - Sean Monahan turned 20 the other day. I took the occasion to revisit the list of Calgary's all-time greatest teenage goal scorers. Monahan finished first, can you name who was No. 1? No, it was not Jarome Iginla.
Absolutely Disgraceful. Why Trevor Gillies Should Soon be an Ex-Flame - Disgraceful. Shameful. Deplorable. Embarrassing. There are many adjectives to describe the on-ice assault spree by Adirondack's Trevor Gillies. My impassioned take on why the Flames should release the 35-year-old, who has been suspended multiple times before and is about to be suspended again.
10-Step Survival Guide to the Calgary Flames 2014-15 Season - From Gaudreau to one-goal losses to 2015 draft prospects to the art of scoreboard watching. This is a must read for Calgary Flames fans to help them persevere this season.
Always Earned, Never Given: The Challenge of Walking the Talk - The players talked about it. Bob Hartley talked about it. This year, you need to earn a job on the team because you won't have a job given to you. I exam a great slogan but the difficulties in applying it.
Bennett, Gaudreau and Monahan: Be Excited About the Flames Bright Future - These are exciting times in Calgary and my message to all those long-suffering hockey fans is enjoy it, damn it. As you'll see from Flames trios in past years going back to 1980, Bennett, Gaudreau and Monahan make up the most exciting forward trio in over 25 years so enjoy it!
Posted by Darren Haynes at 08:54
Greg Ashby 20 October 2014 at 11:13
I agree with most of your points Darren (Brodano and Goaltending being too good in particular), but it's way to early in the season to say the pipe dream is over, or at the very least, that it's any less possible than it was 2 weeks ago yet.
For one thing, the Flames still sport the 2nd worst Corsi% in the league, and a PDO of 104+. They are simply getting killed most of the time (i.e. anytime Giordano or Brodie aren't on the ice), and the goaltending might continue to be great, but it won't possibly remain good enough to completely off set that kind of terrible play. Hiller and Ramo are combined for a .953 5-on-5 save percentage right now. The top team in the league last year was ~.940. So it's going to come down. Probably substantially.
The Corsi is going to go up too of course, it's currently worse than Buffalo was all season last year so that's not sustainable either. But that 8 points in 7 games standings is nothing more than an early season sample size mirage, you can't let it skew perceptions. The underlying numbers are indicating the team is exactly what we expected on opening night... a bottom 5 team, with above average goaltending. They will still likely finish in the bottom 5, and for sure in the bottom 10.
As for the lottery odds, virtually any finish this year actually gives us a better chance of landing McDavid or Eichel than we had at landing Reinhart. We very likely won't be dead last with a 100% chance of getting one of them, but:
- if we falter back into 29th or 28th, we have a 33.5% or an 11.5% chance vs the 10.7% chance of last year.
- if we improve to a 26 or above place, our odds of winning the lottery go up roughly 0.5 - 2.5 % vs what it would have been last year.
It's still paltry odds... we're likely talking in the 6-10% range. But those are better than they were historically, and there's already been several cases of teams out of the bottom 4 getting the 1st ('95, '99, '07, '11).
So yes, it's just a dream :) But it's a dream that hasn't decreased at all in the last 2 weeks.
Darren Haynes 20 October 2014 at 11:31
So you're saying there's still a chance? For me, also? Considering Catherine Bach is now 60 years old (which seems impossible to believe), I'd sure like to think my odds have gone up significantly!
On a serious note, I appreciate you sharing some of the deeper numbers. I agree the sample size is certainly small and would suggest it's closer to microscopic -- less than two weeks into a six month season. So yes, I get what you're saying.
My best advice for Flames fans and when I say that, I'm often referring to my mom in particular, is just roll with it and let whatever happens, happens. If it's meant to be, the Flames will get McDavid whether it be by winning the lottery after finishing 29th, or winning the lottery after finishing 24th.
But scream as loud at the TV as you want, you're not influencing how the team plays -- they're going to keep doing what they do and trying to win so just take the victories when you can get them -- that's what being a fan is supposed to be all about, enjoy a pint or two in the process, and it will make for a far more enjoyable and less aggravating season. Cheers.
Carlos ( KK ) 24 October 2014 at 15:36
I have real problems to accept that a fan would like to see his team tanking.
Really! I will always want wins! I don't have the numbers.... and I am not sure if I want to know about them.
This is passion! I want to win every time.
Of course I would like to have MacDavid, but I prefer to sit on my couch and truly support my team. Get angry and get happy.
It is fun to find a way to win or get better without any helper and without have to give the pride away.
Just to be clear I respect who thinks that is cool to be the worst for a better future. This is just the way a feel.
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The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical efficacy of Intratumoral (IT) CVA21 in terms of immune-related Progression-Free Survival (irPFS) at 6 months as monitored via immune-related Response Criteria [irRECIST 1.1] (revised Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1).
This is a multicenter, open-label, 2-stage, single-arm efficacy and safety study. Approximately 63 patients with histologically proven stage IIIc or stage IV melanoma who fail to qualify for curative surgery and who bear one or more tumors that are accessible for direct injections and at least one measurable lesion by RECIST 1.1 criteria will be considered.
Prospective patients will attend the study center for initial screening within 28 days prior to treatment with CVA21. They will have the nature of the study and its procedures and risks fully explained. All patients must provide a written informed consent to participate in the study.
The dose of CVA21 for this study is 3 x 108 TCID50 (about 4.5 x 106 TCID50/kg for a 70-kg patient) by IT administration. Each patient will receive 4 separate CVA21 administrations in the first 8 days on trial (Days 1, 3, 5 and 8), followed by a fifth dose 2 weeks later (Day 22) and further administrations at 3 weekly intervals (Days 43, 64, 85, 106 and 127, up to a maximum of 10 sets of injections) or until confirmed disease progression or development of excessive toxicity.
Disease status will be assessed by contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and/or direct caliper measurement (and ultrasound assistance, if necessary) and categorized by immune-related RECIST 1.1 criteria prior to commencing treatment (baseline) and at Days 43, 85, 127 and 169 and 12-weekly intervals thereafter until disease progression. At 2 years, intervals can increase to 6 months.
At 12 weeks post-commencement of treatment (Day 85), if a patient's disease status is classed as progressive disease (but without rapid clinical deterioration) the patient may remain on the trial for a further 6 weeks, when his/her disease status will be confirmed prior to the scheduled treatment. If disease progression is confirmed, the patient will cease treatment but will remain on the study and be observed for efficacy and safety until initiation of treatment with non-CVA21 anticancer therapies. However, survival will be followed until death. If stable disease or better (CR or PR) is observed at this time, the patient will continue treatment as per the protocol. Complete and partial responses will be confirmed at the next contrast-enhanced CT or MRI scan analysis.
Patients who have evidence of biologic activity, i.e., tumor inflammatory reaction and/or stable disease or better, at 18 weeks (Day 127) are eligible to participate in the extension trial in which they will continue to receive IT injections of CVA21 every 3 weeks up to a total of 1 year of therapy from the first injection.
Throughout the trial, immunological responses to the tumor and CVA21 will be monitored.
After the full CVA21 injection schedule has been completed, patients will be followed at 12-weekly intervals beginning on Day 169 for a total of 12 months according to the schedule for safety assessment and indefinitely for survival. Patients with progressive disease (but without rapid clinical deterioration) at 6 months (Day 169) will have a further tumor assessment 6 weeks later for confirmation or continuation of observation for duration of disease control and all subjects will be followed for survival. Patients who are withdrawn from treatment with CVA21 during the treatment phase must also be followed up every 6 weeks for 12 weeks for safety and for survival.
Each patient will receive 4 separate Coxsackievirus A21 (CVA21) administrations in the first 8 days on trial (Days 1, 3, 5 and 8), followed by a fifth dose 2 weeks later (Day 22) and further administrations at 3 weekly intervals (Days 43, 64, 85, 106 and 127, up to a maximum of 10 sets of injections) until confirmed disease progression or development of excessive toxicity. Subjects with stable disease or better at Day 127 were eligible to receive up 9 more sets of CVA21 administrations under an extension protocol (VLA-008).
CVA21 is a live oncolytic virus preparation derived from the non-genetically altered prototype Kuykendall strain of Coxsackievirus A21.
To assess the clinical efficacy of Intratumoral (IT) CVA21 in terms of immune-related Progression-Free Survival (irPFS) at 6 months.
Per Immune-Related Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT/MRI or calipers: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Durable Response Rate (DRR) = CR + PR.
Fertile males and females must agree to the use of an adequate form of contraception, e.g., condoms for males. A negative pregnancy test is required in female patients of childbearing potential.


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Filing Taxes for the Deceased – Form 1041 and More
If you have a family member who died in 2019, you might be required to file a return for them. Report income earned from the beginning of the year to the date of death on that person's final return.
A legal entity called an estate is automatically created at the time of death to file a tax return, even for deceased individuals with no estate prior to death. This helps to keep track of all income the deceased earned. On the estate tax return (IRS Form 1041), report any income the estate got after the date of death. This includes income earned from bank accounts or stock while the estate is being managed through a process called probate. The estate must request its own employer identification number (EIN) to use for filing purposes on Form 1041.
You or a personal representative should let all payers of income know of the death. Include financial institutions in your notifications. This will ensure you report all income your family member's estate or heirs earn. You must also notify the Social Security Administration of the person's death before the IRS can accept an e-filed return on behalf of the deceased taxpayer. To learn more, contact the Social Security Administration at 800-772-1213.
Many assets, like a life insurance policy or a brokerage account, list a beneficiary. If they do, these assets can avoid probate and be paid directly to the beneficiary. Usually, this money isn't taxable, but interest earned on these assets after the death of your family member is taxable.
Since the money is paid directly to beneficiaries, interest is considered income in respect of a decedent (IRD). However, both of these must apply:
It's interest the asset earns before it's paid out to beneficiaries.
The interest isn't reported on the deceased's tax return.
Beneficiaries are responsible for reporting the IRD on their own returns.
If the deceased would have paid tax on income on amounts from these accounts, they're also IRD:
Certain other assets
Ex: Peter dies on April 15 and owns several assets:
House he solely owns
Cottage he co-owns with his sister Jane
Bank accounts payable on death to his sister
Mutual-fund account
Life insurance policy listing his sister as beneficiary
The income earned from these assets should be reported like this on the deceased's tax return:
On Peter's return — income earned from his bank accounts and mutual fund until date of death
On the estate tax return — income the mutual fund earned after Peter's death and income from sale of house
On Jane's return (since the assets will bypass probate):
Interest earned on bank accounts after Peter's death
Interest on Peter's life insurance policy after Peter's death
Income on the cottage if Jane sells it
Filing a deceased person's tax return
The personal representative who files a deceased person's tax return can be:
An executor
Anyone in charge of the deceased family member's property
If the deceased doesn't owe taxes but had tax withheld, someone must file a tax return for the deceased to get a refund. If you're filing for someone who died who's not your spouse, choose the filing status that best describes their status at the date of death. Whoever files the deceased's tax return must enter these across the top of the return:
The word "Deceased"
Deceased person's name
If your spouse died, you can file a joint return if:
Your spouse died in 2019, and you didn't remarry in 2019.
Your spouse died in 2020 before filing a return for 2019.
Your joint return should show both of these:
Your spouse's income for the year (until the date of death)
Your income for all of 2019
Enter "Filing as surviving spouse" in your spouse's signature area. Then, sign in your own signature area. Someone other than the surviving spouse might be the personal representative. If so, that person must also sign. Also, if your spouse died before 2019 and you have a child, you might be able to file either as head of household or qualifying widow(er). This can save you more money than filing as single.
You can't e-file if a personal representative (other than the living spouse) has been or will be appointed by the court to represent the deceased for tax return and estate purposes. The IRS doesn't accept e-filed signatures of court-appointed persons. You also can't file a married filing jointly tax return with a deceased spouse if you remarried before the end of the year. You can, however, file married filing jointly with your new spouse.
Don't put the deceased's Social Security number (SSN) on future returns after the year of death.
Filing Taxes for a Deceased Dependent
You can claim a deceased family member as a dependent if both of these apply:
The deceased lived in your home while alive.
The deceased met all the requirements to qualify as a dependent.
Also, the deceased dependent might have qualified you for benefits. If so, you can still claim the benefits in the year your dependent died. To do so:
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Q: Solutions/Algorithms to cut an object from image- Android Folks,
First I'd like you guys to have a look at this app "Image cut": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.zx1234567890.imagecut.
This app very neatly cuts an object of importance from a user defined area
inside an image. You can simple sketch an area around the object you want to
cut out by moving around your finger on the screen. Then the app takes out
the object with a great preciseness.
I am no Image Processing kid, but I can try playing with algorithms.My question is
to all you Image-Processing/Algorithm guys that how should I go about implementing
this. I mean if you can describe how complex problem is this to solve and how should I
approach this problem. I did google around but wasn't able to get a concrete picture
of the possible solution. Since the above mentioned app has achieved this, it seems the problem
should be solvable. I'll highly appreciate any help here.
Thank you!

A: The problem you are trying to solve is called "semi-supervised image segmentation" (I am sure other names exist). Specifically you are trying to perform a "binary segmentation", labeling the pixels with two classes (foreground and background).
OpenCV contains an algorithm called GrabCut, that would work quite well with the example image in the app. The object that is extracted is very different from the background
GrabCut is very resource hungry, so you need to be smart about using it on a phone (e.g. resize the input image). Maybe you should play around with it on a desktop computer first.

A: apply magic wand tool somewhere near selected zone and remove everything outside selected zone. Possible problems to adjust sensitivity.
ON example image result is fine with high sensitivity, becouse there are clear edges.

A: As mentioned above, this process is called Segmentation. I know this is old but for any new comers, you can checkout TensorFlow. They provide object segmentation models for both Android and iOS.
TensorFlow Segmentation for Mobile & IOT

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Justin Herbert doesn't have Chargers' offense humming, but he's getting in tune
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert prepares to throw a during practice at the Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Aug. 26, 2020 4:56 PM PT
In one of his first attempts to prove he's a team player,Justin Herbert was forced to do a solo.
The Chargers' rookie quarterback, in a training camp tradition that likely dates to leather helmets, recently had to stand up in front of his teammates and sing.
Given his choice of tunes, Herbert opted for the soulful "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," which was released more than three decades before he was born.
"I tried to pick a song that everyone knew and hopefully would sing along to," Herbert explained. "But I didn't get that."
Two weeks into his first NFL training camp, Herbert continues the transition from college star to pro prospect. The sixth overall pick in April, he will start the season behind veteran Tyrod Taylor.
'Hard Knocks' expands on contract situation with Chargers' Melvin Ingram
Episode 3 of "Hard Knocks" took a look at the Chargers and Rams training camps with players in full pads.
Herbert has had bright moments in practice, such as a touchdown pass to tight end Stephen Anderson on a perfectly thrown seam route, and ugly ones, such as a screen that Melvin Ingram intercepted and returned for a defensive score.
In between, Herbert said he is finding his way.
"Being a good quarterback does not come down to every single little play," he said. "It's much bigger than that. It's always about putting your team in position to win. You might throw an incompletion or an interception, but it's about coming back on the next one and putting your team back in position and making up for it."
The Chargers coaching staff steadily has been ramping up the load on Herbert. This week, they matched him against the No. 1 defense, a group expected to be the team's backbone.
Quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton said the idea is to test Herbert's recognition of what defenses are doing, something he called the most important part of development at the position.
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert works with quarterback Tyrod Taylor as the team conducts practice at the Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa on Aug. 17.
Herbert confirmed that picking up the various protections based on what the defense is showing has been an adjustment.
"Definitely lining up across from Joey Bosa and Melvin and a lot of those guys, Derwin James, has been something that's been really a cool experience," he said. "Any chance I can get to go out there and compete with those guys has been really special."
Along with learning about the NFL, Herbert also is experiencing for the first time life away from Eugene, Ore., where he was born and raised and attended school through college.
"I really enjoyed my time in Eugene and it was always great for me," he said. "But I'm glad to finally be able to step away and kind of be out on my own and make my own schedule. It's been all football for me."
Murray hits home
The Chargers' other first-round pick, Kenneth Murray Jr., used some of his first money as a pro to buy his parents a new home, something he said had been a personal goal.
"You grow up and you see your parents making sacrifices so that you could be who you want to be," he said. "I feel like it was my duty to just go out there and be able to put them in a nice place."
Murray, who is from Texas and played at Oklahoma, said his family is moving this week.
The 23rd overall selection, Murray has been playing middle linebacker as the Chargers attempt to take advantage of his speed and athletic ability.
Playing in new SoFi Stadium should spark Chargers, says experienced Linval Joseph
The Chargers will experience SoFi Stadium for the first time with a scrimmage Thursday. The Chargers are Linval Joseph's third team to open a stadium, and he says it's exhilarating.
"I feel like I fit right in the middle, flying around, running and hitting," he said when asked where he fits into the defensive scheme. "I feel like that's what I do best."
From his vantage point, Murray has an excellent view of a defensive front that includes, among others, 6-foot-4, 329-pound Linval Joseph and 6-3, 309-pound Justin Jones in the middle.
"I see the big boys in front of me and I just laugh," Murray said. "I've never had three or four big boys like that in front of me before. All those guys up front can play ball. … Huge dudes. They'll keep the big boys off of me."
SoFi scrimmage
The Chargers will scrimmage at 1 p.m. Thursday at SoFi Stadium, their collective debut in their new home.
Coach Anthony Lynn said conditions will mimic a regular game day, including the players wearing their full uniforms.
"A lot of these guys have never seen the place before," he said. "The ones who did see it, it was still under construction. I want them to see the finished product so that when we go in there against Kansas City it's not the first time they've been to their stadium."
After opening the season Sept. 13 at Cincinnati, the Chargers play at home a week later against the Super Bowl-champion Chiefs.


Of course index funds don't look very appealing after a wretched year for stocks; however, the data in numerous studies indicates that – after fees and taxes the vast majority of hedge funds and actively managed funds fail to do better.
In the February 1, 2009, issue of Economics & Portfolio Strategy (a newsletter for institutional investors) Mark Kritzman pounded another stake in the hearts of stock pickers (i.e. Active Managers). Mr. Kritzman, who teaches a financial engineering course for graduate students at M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management, analyzed the long-term impact of the expenses incurred – taxes, management fees, performance fees and transaction costs – on hedge funds and actively managed fund performance.
Mr. Kritzman devised a method to take contingencies into account. He calculated the average return over a hypothetical 20-year period, net of all expenses, of three hypothetical investments: a stock index fund with an annualized return of 10 percent, an actively managed mutual fund with an annualized return of 13.5 percent and a hedge fund with an annualized return of 19 percent. The volatility of the three funds' returns – along with turnover rates, transaction fees, management fees and performance fees – was based on what he determined to be industry averages.
As is consistent with a vast number of other studies, Mr. Kritzman concluded that when performance was accurately measured net of fees and taxes the winner was the index fund. After fees and taxes the index fund's average return was 8.5 percent a year, versus 8 percent for the actively managed fund and 7.7 percent for the hedge fund.
The hedge fund performance and actively managed fund performance were significantly impaired by taxes and expenses. Taxes and expenses ate up huge amounts of return – 9 and 3.5 percentage points a year, respectively.
So, how much out-performance would a hedge fund or actively managed mutual have to produce to overcome the incremental taxes and expenses? Mr. Kritzman concluded that to break even with the index fund the hedge fund would have to outperform the index fund by 10 points a year. The actively managed fund would have to outperform by an average of 4.3 percentage points a year.
Can that be done? How many actively managed mutual funds are able to out-perform the S&P 500 Index by at least four percentage points a year over a statistically significant period of time? Well, there were 452 domestic equity mutual funds in the Morningstar database that existed continually for the 20 years through the time period Mr. Kritzman studied. Morningstar reported that just 13 of those funds beat the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by at least four percentage points a year, on average, over that period. That's less than 3 out of every 100 funds – a virtual needle in a haystack.
Of course, figuring out 'who did well' in the past is pretty easy. Figuring out 'who will do well in the future' is darn near impossible. Let's not forget – Past Performance Is Not Predictive Of Future Performance. It's a well-known fact that very few funds that out-perform one year do well the next year.
So now we have the issue of 'luck' versus 'skill'. Hey, if 1,000 people went over Niagara Falls in a barrel, we expect one or two to survive. Will that be due to luck or skill? If 1,000,000 people buy lottery tickets, we expect that one or two will win. Will that be due to luck or skill? Stock picking is the same way – investors are encouraged by unscrupulous, or perhaps uninformed, advisors to confuse luck with skill.
The house (casino) takes a cut on each spin of the wheel, paying out less in winnings than it collect in bets. So roulette is a negative-sum game, and so is your non-index mutual fund (actively managed fund).
The New Year is only a few days away. We all know our well-intentioned diet and exercise resolutions are likely to fade as 2011 moves along. So, let's resolve to do something that overwhelming evidence suggests will be terrific for our long-term financial health – repeat after me – I Will Abandon Personal Stock Picking And I Will Not Permit That Foolishness To Be Foisted Upon Me By Stock Brokers, Money Managers Or Financial Advisors.
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Good post but a couple of points. There is a huge difference between picking stocks and buying an actively managed mutual fund. Buying a stock incurs very little in fees. If you want to gamble and take a shot at hitting the jackpot it is probably the best casino in the world. Buying an actively managed fund on the other hand is expensive. Taking it one step further and hiring an investment advisor to buy you funds is ultra expensive.
Along these lines I have my clients index at least 80% of their retirement assets. With the remainder they can buy individual stocks. Many, who limit investment in a single name to 5% of total assets, don't trade actively, and do their research tend to do ok.


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Q: Show that $f = 0$ almost everywhere in $E$ Assume $E \subset \mathbb R^n$, $f: E\rightarrow \mathbb R_e $ is measurable on $E$, and $\int \limits_A f = 0$ for every
measurable set $A \subset E$. Show that $f = 0$ a.e.(almost everywhere) in $E$. Note that if $f = 0$ a.e. in $E$ then there is $Z\subset E$ where the property does not hold and $Z$ is Lebesgue measurable and $|Z|=0$. We are given that if $f:A\rightarrow [0,\infty]$ is measurable on $A$ and $\int_A f=0$, then $f=0$ a.e. in $A$.
Here is my attempt at this problem.
By the definition of a property holding almost everywhere we know that
$$Z = \lbrace x\in E : f(x) \neq 0\rbrace = \lbrace x\in E : f(x) > 0\rbrace \cup \lbrace x\in E : f(x) < 0\rbrace$$
First show that $Z$ is measurable. Lets say that $Z_1 = \lbrace x\in E : f(x) > 0\rbrace$ and $Z_2 = \lbrace x\in E : f(x) < 0\rbrace$
Since $f$ is a measurable function, we know that $Z_1$ and $Z_2$ are measurable sets. $Z_1$ is measurable by the definition of being measurable (Measurable Function Definition) and $Z_2$ is measurable by a thm that says if $f$ is a measurable function then $\lbrace x\in E : f(x) < a\rbrace$ is measurable for every $a\in \mathbb R$. The union of measurable sets is measurable so the set $Z$ is a measurable set.
Now show that $|Z|=0$. We are given that for each measurable set $A \in E$ that $\int \limits_A f = 0$. So say there are two measurable sets (Can I say this or must I show this?) $A\subset E$ and $B\subset E$ such that $f:A \rightarrow [0,\infty]$ and $f:B \rightarrow [-\infty, 0]$ and $A\cup B = E$. Another way to write it
$$A = \lbrace x\in E : f(x)\geq 0\rbrace \text{ and } B = \lbrace x\in E : f(x)\leq 0\rbrace$$.
 This implies that $\int_A f = 0$ and $\int_B f = 0$ . Since $A$ and $B$ are measurable sets this implies that $f:A \rightarrow [0,\infty]$ and $f:B \rightarrow [-\infty, 0]$ are measurable functions (See bottom for my explaination).
Using the problem statement, we know that if $f:A\rightarrow [0,\infty]$ is measurable on $A$ and $\int_A f=0$, then $f=0$ a.e. in $A$ which implies that $|Z_1| = 0$ .$f:A\rightarrow [0,\infty]$ is measurable on $A$ and $\int_A f=0$ so $|Z_1| = 0$.
Now say $-f:B\rightarrow [0,\infty]$. We can use the problem statement to say if $-f:B\rightarrow [0,\infty]$ is measurable on $B$ and $\int_B -f=0$, then $-f=0$ a.e. in $B$ which implies that $|Z_2| = 0$.
$-f:B\rightarrow [0,\infty]$
is equivalent to $\lbrace x\in E : -f(x)\geq 0\rbrace$. Since
$$\lbrace x\in E : -f(x)\geq 0\rbrace = \lbrace x\in E : f(x)\leq 0\rbrace$$
and $\lbrace x\in E : f(x)\leq 0\rbrace$ is measurable, this implies that $\lbrace x\in E : -f(x)\geq 0\rbrace$ is measurable hence $-f:B\rightarrow [0,\infty]$ is a measurable function. Since $B$ is measurable we can use the problem statement to say that $\int_B -f = 0 \Rightarrow \int_B f = 0$. This shows that $-f=0 \Rightarrow f=0$ a.e. in $B$ which implies that $|Z_2| = 0$
So I showed that $|Z_1| = 0$ and $|Z_2| = 0$ which implies that $|Z| = 0$. Hence $f=0$ a.e. on E.
*$f:A \rightarrow [0,\infty]$ is measurable since $\lbrace x\in A : f(x)\geq 0\rbrace$ either equals $A$ or the empty set. Since both are measurable it follows that $\lbrace x\in A : f(x)\geq 0\rbrace$ is measurable and that $f$ is a measurable function on $A$. The same argument hold for $B$.


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SIR SIMON RATTLE has been chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker and artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonie since September 2002. In the concert hall and opera house, Simon Rattle's extensive repertoire covers compositions ranging from the Baroque era to contemporary music. Rattle is also principal guest conductor of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and works with leading orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic. Even before taking up his post as principal conductor, Simon Rattle had already collaborated regularly with the BerlinerPhilharmonikerfor fifteen years. Of the many recordings he has made with the orchestra, several have received prestigious awards. All of these releases were recorded live at the Philharmonie.
Born in Liverpool in 1955, Simon Rattlestudiedat London's Royal Academy of Music.Hewas twenty-five when he began his close association with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), initially as principal conductor and artistic adviser, then –up until the 1998 season –as their musical director. His tireless work and visionary artistic projects helped to turn the CBSO into one of the world's top-ranking orchestras.
One of Sir Simon's special passions is for bringing the work and music of the BerlinerPhilharmonikerto young people of the most diverse social and cultural backgrounds. To that end, he has established the Education Programme of the Berliner Philharmoniker, which enables the orchestra to pursue new approaches to promulgating its music.
For this commitment, as well as for his artistic work, Simon Rattle has won manyawards: In 1994, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II; in 2009, he was awardedthe Spanish Premio Don Juan de Borbón de la Música, the gold medal "Gloria Artis" from thePolish Ministry of Culture and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.Furthermore, in 2010, he was also also he was inducted into the Order of Knights of theFrench Legion of Honour. In February 2013, Sir Simon Rattle was awarded the LéonieSonning Music Prize from the Danish Léonie Sonning Music Foundation in Copenhagen, andin December 2013, the chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker was appointed Memberof the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II.
In January 2013 Sir Simon Rattle announced that he would not renew his contract as chiefconductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker after it expires in 2018. In March 2015 he announcedhis appointmentas Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra beginning in September 2017.
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Nobody Puts J.Lo's 'Booty' in a Box
Published 4:23 PM PDT, October 1, 2014
Jennifer Lopez dismissed accusations that her "Booty" music video went "too far" in a sit-down with ET's Kevin Frazier.
While the sensual, albeit controversial, music video featuring Iggy Azalea has been attracting eyeballs (it's raked in more than 42 million views on YouTube), it has also garnered criticism from "the haters."
PHOTOS: Most Gratuitous Butt Shots in Jennifer Lopez's ''Booty'' Music Video
J.Lo argued that the salacious nature of the video makes sense considering the song lyrics (you can download the track here), and challenged those who would prefer to see her move onto a more conservative track as her career progresses.
"I refuse to be put in a box in that way," Lopez said. "Why, because I'm over 40? So I can't be sexy? Or, is it because I'm a mom? Moms aren't allowed to be sexy. Uh, how did I get my kids in the first place?"
All the drama surrounding her video seemed trivial last Saturday when the singer was involved in a car accident in Malibu while driving with pal Leah Remini and their children.
NEWS: Jennifer Lopez Says Adopting a Child Could Be in Her Future
"We're in the car, kids in the back seat, and the guy just slams into the back of us," said J.Lo. "It was so scary."
J.Lo told us that the driver in the other car was "arrested for drunk driving," but fortunately everyone was okay after the collision.
Watch the video to see what J.Lo had to say about shooting a love scene with a younger man in The Boy Next Door, out January 23, 2015.


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namespace Grpc {

class AsyncClientFactoryImpl : public AsyncClientFactory {
public:
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  AsyncClientPtr create() override;

private:
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};

class GoogleAsyncClientFactoryImpl : public AsyncClientFactory {
public:
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                               Stats::Scope& scope,
                               const envoy::api::v2::core::GrpcService& config);

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Firstly - hottie alert 😍😍😍I just want to lick that cover and call him mine!
Secondly -My oh my, was Viper worth the wait or what?
Halo and Viper don't go from one big bang to a whimper - oh no, they go from one big bang to another lol.
But boy oh boy, did I want to shake some sense into Viper at times. I mean, gah! Seriously dude!
I admired Halo's strength through it all. His world is changing so much, and he takes it all in stride, whilst Viper just acts like a petulant child at times, and I wanted to throw my kindle across the room in frustration. I may have yelled at him a few times lol.
Now, being a trilogy, we know that things are not going to be ending for them yet, however the last 15% of the book had me a wreck.
There were things that I thought would happen in this book that didn't, however seeing where this book ended and where the story is headed in Angel, I think they will happen in that book.
I know it is only a month away, but I need Angel, right this minute.
Book #2 starts right where we left our two darlings in HALO.
They just spent the night together and Viper was pretty happy with how things went. He's not finished with his angel. BUT - the next morning ... Halo is gone.
But of course he's not gone gone - he just thought that Viper wasn't one for cuddling and awkward mornings after - so he went back to his own room!
I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't all that mega exciting. Nothing much happens, it's just Halo and Viper falling for each other and some fun band stuff and some fighting/arguing - but no real über-excitement. I was expecting some more paparazzi or fans or scandal or ... anything really. But nothing happened - WHICH WAS NOT BAD. I loved the book - I love all the guys so much. It was a sweet rock star romance. More November Rain than Welcome To The Jungle if you know what I mean.
I really enjoyed reading it. I'm hoping for a tiny bit more in the third book!


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20/07/2015�� Did you find a solution to this problem? I am having a problem, when using google's two-factor authentication - basically, once a google two-auth internet account is synced to my second computer, it goes offline.
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Q: Can't print business information from Yelp fusion api I am using the yelp fusion api to search for a type of business in a location. I can print the whole body correctly but when I try to log just the businesses or a specific parameter of a business I get undefined.
For example, this prints the businesses:
    request(options, function (error, response, body) {
        if (error) throw new Error(error);
        console.log(body);
        res.render('index');
    });

I get a large object which looks something like this:
{"total": 106, "businesses": [{"transactions": [], "phone": "+15409512483", "name": "The Rivermill", "display_phone": "(540) 951-2483", "price": "$", "review_count": 63, "rating": 4.0, "image_url": "https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/mQbuIZ9uRsXMwIW9UJiHsQ/o.jpg", "id": "the-rivermill-blacksburg", "distance": 511.45787585319994, "location": {"display_address": ["212 Draper Rd", "Blacksburg, VA 24060"], "city": "Blacksburg", "country": "US", "zip_code": "24060", "address1": "212 Draper Rd", "state": "VA", "address2": "", "address3": ""}

However, when I try console.log(body.businesses) or console.log(body.businesses[0].name) both undefined. What gives?

A: I'm going to guess that the body "object" is actually a string. Try adding
console.log("Type:", typeof body)

and if it says "Type: string" try
const bodyObj = JSON.parse(body);
console.log(bodyObj.businesses);