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Chto Delat in London/Alexei Penzei: "Under Suspicion"
First, an important announcement:
Dmitry Vilensky & Alexei Penzin from Chto Delat/What Is to Be Done?
Lecture: Tuesday, December 1st at 6.00 pm
Small Hall / Cinema (to the side of Loafers)
Richard Hoggart Building
Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Organised by Marxism in Culture and the Micropolitics Research Group, Goldsmiths, and supported by the Open University.
Second, to give Londoners a taste of what they might be hearing at the December 1 lecture, we are reprinting here Alexei Penzin's essay "Under Suspicion," from a recent issue of our newspaper entitled Another Commons: Living/Knowledge/Action. Sadly, what Alexei wrote this past summer has only gained in relevance and timeliness since then.
Alexei Penzin: Under Suspicion
When we peruse the timeline of the "merry month of May" 2009 in Russia—a laconic chronicle of arrests, detentions of activists, intellectuals and artists, but also of protests against these actions of the authorities—many difficult questions arise. Of course, the fragmentary and brief comments given below do not claim to be a definitive diagnosis. The incomplete and sketchy quality of these comments is rather a part of the problem itself. A fuller analysis will be possible when there is a systematic understanding of the post-Soviet political experience, which for now is a thing of the future.
1. In medias res
It is very difficult to understand what is going on in medias res, from the inside: these are events that are in the process of development, that affect us personally and assail us from all sides without allowing us to assume the stance of a dispassionate observer. These events affect many of us, sometimes in the literal, physical sense. The command "Hands against the wall!" A stunning blow to the head in a bus filled with people nabbed at a demonstration. Or, for example, the indescribably grotesque intrusion of a detachment of armed, shouting men during the showing of a Godard film at a peaceful leftist seminar. For about a year now the solidarity networks have been constantly delivering reports of new arrests, unlawful summonses for "discussions," and beatings of activists. It is possible, however, that we should not be so focused on ourselves. The bad news concerns not only the minority of activists and intellectuals. The news also comes from those who are not involved in politics, education or research—from "average citizens." The very texture of post-Soviet society in recent years has been steeped in anonymous, free-floating violence committed by the "forces of law and order." Violence against civilians has become a kind of collateral damage, an excess of the existing system of political management. Sometimes this anonymous violence takes on personal and transgressive features. For example, in the person of a police officer who shoots at customers in a supermarket with the cold-bloodedness of a character in a computer game.
2. Local and Global
The pressure of traumatic violence causes an introversion that is common to victims and occasionally forces us to overestimate how exceptional our own experience is. But should we see in these events only a local process dictated by a distant and recent pre-history? Here we immediately conjure up images of some "eternal" despotic Empire that treated its population as subjects rather than citizens who have a legal status and are capable of defending their human dignity. We are reminded of scenes of violence and mass reprisals during various historical periods. Notions of a fatal backwardness vis-à-vis the "west" in terms of a general level of "civilization," rights and liberties, the public sphere, civil society, etc., are seemingly given fresh content. Such notions suit the liberals, who see post-Soviet society as a result of "failed reforms" or a constantly delayed modernization. They also suit the local nationalists, who think that post-Soviet societies actually are incurably different from the community of "developed countries." Unlike the liberals, however, the nationalists are in favor of this difference.
Undoubtedly, these notions and positions should be critiqued. They must be historicized. For example, grim imperial images that present themselves as "eternal" conceal experiments in radical revolutionary politics, periods when—at very least, as during the early twenties in the USSR—major breakthroughs were made in rebuilding society on principles of justice and emancipation. The violence we are witnessing now is at first glance an almost "feudal" holdover. But it appears that this violence conceals a quite modern system of administration that is consistent with the latest forms of capital accumulation that have taken shape throughout the world in the neoliberal age.
So the many arrests on suspicion of "extremist" activity should not be seen merely as inventive tricks of a local authoritarianism (rooted in a centuries-long "despotic" tradition) seeking ever-newer excuses to block all grassroots protest movements. Only post-Soviet intellectual and political provincialism (in the negative sense of a narrow view of the situation) would affirm that this is the case. Progressive post-Soviet leftists must maintain a dialectical position on the question. It is important to understand how the mainstream of global capitalism is transformed in a specific way in our local context.
3. "Extremism" and Securitization
One undeniable worldwide tendency in recent times is the politics and ideology of securitization. Under the pretext of imagined or real threats ("terrorism," military conflicts, migration, environmental catastrophes, epidemics, etc.) and, of course, "on behalf of and for the safety of citizens themselves" ever-newer emergency measures of control and management are introduced. At the same time, the list of "threats" grows longer. Securitization should be understood as a process of the continuous production of the sphere of the "dangerous" itself and, at the same time, of new techniques of "crisis" management. The politics of emergency measures has more and more influence on society, both on the public arena and on private space. In certain situations the action of formal legal institutions (presumption of innocence, civil liberties) is entirely suspended. Consequently, the authorities and law enforcement are given ever-greater powers, as well as technical capabilities for control and surveillance.[1]
The politics of security in its newest form was called into being by societal transformations that occurred under the influence of neoliberal capitalism. First, they are connected with the need to protect investments and the financial sphere in general, especially amidst the current economic crisis. Second, the anxiety of the ruling elites has a direct influence on the initiation of new emergency measures, for they are afraid of mass protests due to the consequences of the global economic collapse. Third, securitization is programmed on a deeper—structural, productional or even ontological—level. Increased workforce turnover, the rise of the uncertainty factor in all labor processes, precarization—i.e., the lack of minimum "social security," stable labor relations, and living conditions—have become stakes in the political game. New conditions of exploitation give rise to particular types of subjugated subjectivity that seek reassurance, the conversion of the anxiety provoked by uncertainty. They cannot recognize the causes of this apprehension, and it is easily transformed into a specific fear that is linked to one or another specific figure of the "other," the "enemy" ("terrorists," "migrants," "extremists"). Whereas classic nineteenth-century capitalism inflicted suffering only on the worker's body (hunger, lack of sleep, poor housing and living conditions), the modern form encroaches on the entire person, operating on the affects, fears, and cares that capitalism itself creates. Martin Heidegger elaborated an "existential analysis" of this subjectivity during the severe economic crisis of the Weimar Republic and on the eve of the Great Depression. But now it seems that these existential structures are becoming the "fate" of all those who live amidst constant uncertainty and securitization. Government administrations, by introducing additional security measures and conducting ever-newer "anti-extremist" campaigns, propose and effectively use the symbolic compensation of the agonizing real uncertainties engendered by the very relations of production of modern capitalism.
Finally, the governance strategy that makes this politics so popular consists in the fact that from now on, any specific social, political or class antagonism expressed in a grassroots protest movement is presented as a threat to the state and public security and is equated with phenomena of a completely different nature (epidemics, manmade disasters). Hence the particular breadth and vagueness of the term "extremism," which the authorities use with such abandon in order to legitimize their "special operations."
4. "Managed Democracy" in Crisis
Having outlined these tendencies we can look at the situation from the perspective of how things stand on the local level. In post-SovietRussia the mantra of "stability" undoubtedly represents the local version of the politics of securitization broadly understood. In official rhetoric, the current "stability" is set against the uncertainty and "chaos" of the nineties as a genuine achievement of the current regime. It represents itself as the conqueror of "terrorism," "extremism," "armed separatism," as well as the political and economic turbulence of the "transitional period." The mythical narrative of the transition from "chaos" to "order" aspires to structure the popular perception of the historical moment. However, "stability" is an absolutely empty sign that is chiefly supported only by the images and rhetoric of the official mass media. This is the effect of a strategy of limitation that brackets off all elements that do not fit into the picture of the new order from media representation. Images of "stability" are produced in abundance even now. After all, as the state propagandists say with remarkable voluntarism, "The crisis isn't in the economy, it's in our heads." These images are created via exclusion—exclusion of workers in state enterprises, pensioners, precaritized cultural and educational workers, as well as other "low-income" individuals.
The general political form of "stability" is a regime that, until recently, almost officially called itself "managed democracy." In this model, the president and his administrative apparatus are seen as "crisis managers" of sorts whose main task is to maintain the manageability of the system by any means, including emergency measures. The managerial model spreads to the whole of the political arena, attempting to manage all political forces with whom it is "possible to negotiate." Politics is just a "business" that has its own paid administrators and contractors. All other political forces that cannot be managed through "investments" and "projects" and who cannot be "negotiated" with are severely marginalized. How could it be otherwise? After all, those "unmanageable" elements dare to have their own projects for changing society! All situations in which violence is used in this system arise in zones of such "unmanageability." Everything that cannot be managed, everything that contradicts this consolidated bureaucratic-administrative system causes the state to become aggressive and intervene. All that is unmanageable must be crushed: that is the maxim according to which law enforcement operates. It is possible to negotiate with everyone else.
A consequence of "stability" and "managed democracy" is the politics of normalization which, in recent times, has been penetrating to an even deeper social level. There are the "normal people" who make up a homogenous society, the "loyal majority." But there are also those who are "abnormal."[2] These people cannot be managed; they are incomprehensible, they criticize, they are frightening even in their small numbers. They are a grim reminder of the "bad conscience" of "managed democracy." We can observe the rise of an entire group of new "abnormal" activists of grassroots civic and political movements, young subculture "freaks," politicized intellectuals who are seen as a dangerous and incomprehensible "bohemian" crowd because of their complex language and way of life. At the same time, they are able to publicly make their voice heard. Their activity clearly doesn't fit into a business model that a manager can understand. With their behavior they undermine the unspoken rules of loyalty, obedience, and the new, incredibly cynical post-Soviet "realism" and "pragmatism."
So "stability" is actually only proof of greater consolidation and reinforcement of the "security" apparatus itself. Police interventions are intended to demonstrate a "monopoly on violence" as signs of the ubiquitous presence of a "strong state." Anyone who disputes "stability" by virtue of their very existence, thinking, and behavior; anyone who openly casts doubt on it; anyone who expresses disagreement with it as the only possible order is potentially suspect. The recently launched campaign to identify "sources of destabilization" was the first reaction of this system to signs of the growing economic crisis and, as its consequence, the narrowing of the zone of manageability.
5. Violence as a Commodity
The new paradigm of "security" has been established on both the legal and institutional levels. After 9/11, like some other countries, Russia passed a law "On the Prevention of Extremism" (in 2002). However, many distinctive features can be seen in measures related to the institutional support and implementation of the law.
The real start of the active campaign against "extremism" was the creation, on the wave of crisis expectations in 2008, of a special network of "anti-extremist" centers throughout the country. They were formed from armed units previously used to fight organized crime, with all the methods typical of such units. In effect, those who fall under suspicion are treated by these new law enforcement agencies as non-citizens and preventively stripped of any legal status; the new units act against them essentially the way they used to act against the criminal mafia. Recently, independent political and trade union activists, organizers of antifascist rock concerts, engaged intellectuals, and artists have become objects of suspicion as "extremists." The transition from the potentially troubling status of "unmanageable" to the status of persons stripped of civil rights during police raids and detention has been swift and sometimes shocking.
The operational logic of the "anti-extremist" centers grows out of the overall managerial strategy of "managed democracy." This strategy creates innovations in the field of police-administrative control in the form of a "project" with a certain budget that has to prove it is "competitive" in a limited amount of time. The "anti-extremist" centers must quickly show the products of their work: inspections, raids, and acts of violence. And these have not been long in coming: in the past six months they can be counted in the dozens. In this situation, violence is a paradoxical commodity in a new segment of the "security" market. As a breakdown of the peaceful institutions of human society, as a brutal exposure of the "real," and as the production of bare, vulnerable life, violence was always a means of demonstrating the prevailing balance of power without fail. In this case, it is also a sure means of showing the "efficacy" of the new police-administration project, of demonstrating its "competitive" edge over more traditional security services. We may suppose that the logic of this marketization and competition in the sphere of security politics should, in the final analysis, hasten the crisis of the very system of "managed democracy."
6. Resistance, Activism, Subjectivity: What Kind of "Community" Do We Need?
When discussing the political contexts of the eventful "long May" of 2009 it is necessary to emphasize the significance of some other events. They had to do with resistance to the administrative "security" and "management" machine, which threw its disproportionately large and armed forces at the small and heterogeneous milieu of Russian leftist activists, intellectuals, and artists. Surrounded by constant news of detentions and beatings of people many of them know personally, the participants in these actions were also asymmetrical in their display of solidarity. Aside from well-known tactics, they were quite inventive in using the capabilities of modern visual and media culture while also circumventing the coarse filters of administrative control over access to the public arena (for example, getting permission for a picket). That is how the interesting experiments in translating political language into the language of engaged contemporary art practices arose—the hunger strike and street gatherings of artists that resulted in quite political works that very wittily unmasked "managed democracy" in action.
Theorists who have turned to an analysis of the leftist movements cropping up amid the ruins of former communist parties and socialist states note the dual nature of their formation, which is at once active and reactive.[3] On the one hand, there is a moment of identification with the resistance to the blatant violence, abuse of power, brute force, and reckless audacity of the new capitalist "masters." It has a defensive, protective character. On the other hand, just as important is the moment of transformation of this reactive, defensive movement that arises for particular reasons into an active movement that constitutes and creates a new field of agency that is relatively autonomous and generates both its own universal political projects and specific subjectivities capable of supporting and implementing them.
Here I can also speak on the basis of my own personal experience, including my experience as the person in charge of an unusual discussion of "leftist philosophy" at the educational seminar in Nizhny Novgorod that was raided by the "anti-extremist" center. The seminar was conceived as a "human community," as a temporary "commune" whose experiment in living could be joined by anyone who came to the seminar. Fully restoring the work of the seminar after this violent interruption was an elementary act of resistance, but it was also the moment that changed the entire situation of what we had been talking about. Thus, in addition to exchanging and developing our knowledge, the very means of running the seminar as a "community" raised the question of the practices and forms of transforming our lives and our own subjectivities. This transformation proceeds through practices of self-organization, self-education, cooperation, and self-valorization, i.e., through those human capacities that no "privatization" or politics of "security" can appropriate or completely control.
Confronted with extremely prosaic and cruel things in the everyday world of post-Soviet managed democracy, which is monstrously distant from the experiments of emancipatory thought and the revolutionary practice of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, activists clearly should not shrink from "high-flown" philosophical formulations. The question of activist subjectivity is directly related to specific and practical things: to expanding the movement, to heightening awareness of its problems, to its political power, to new forms of community, language, and coordination. It is related to a simple question: what kind of life, what kind of larger "community" do we want not only for ourselves, but for others? Given our specific conditions, what kind of cooperative transformation of our lives are we capable of desiring? These conditions often seem distant from the great historical exemplars of revolutionary practice, political texts, and works of "leftist philosophy" that we have inherited. This is not only a question of programs and arguments of one organization or another, with the language and methods of formulating tasks borrowed from the "eastern" or "western," "new" or "old" leftists of the twentieth century. This is a question of creating a common life without naïveté, with a critical approach to an unduly emotional, starry-eyed understanding of it, but with a negation of that ostensibly "realistic" cynicism and skepticism in whose deadening language we immerse ourselves on a daily basis.
[1] Of course, the paradigm of securitization is not new. It is more likely a modern excess of state apparatuses that has gradually emerged since the start of the process of capitalist modernization. In his lecture series Security, Territory, Population (1977–1978) Michel Foucault makes the distinction between the techniques and arrangement of disciplinary power on the one hand, and the mechanisms of "security" on the other. "Security" as a power strategy arises in connection with the formation of notions of the state as a kind of "living" social organism that must be protected from internal and external threats while preserving the "national interest." As the ideologists of the bourgeois state supposed, police and "police science" (as a field of systematic population registration and computation) were necessary to guarantee this interest.
[2] We use this term not in a judgmental sense, but in the analytical sense that Michel Foucault gave it in his eponymous 1974–1975 lectures.
[3] See, for example, Manuel Castells, The Power of Identity, 2004.
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Why Did It Have To Be Names?
All writing is hard work and anyone who tells you differently has never tried to make a living out of putting words on a page. It's incredibly rewarding hard work, but hard work nonetheless. Of all the million fragile things that need to align to coax that unformed work of art in my head onto the page, the one that almost always gives me the most headaches is finding names for things.
A bad name can hamstring a character from the outset and really weigh down their development on the page. I've had stories that I've struggled to get going, that have later soared when I realised that the names I'd chosen for my main characters weren't working. And when it's right, it's like a great piece of music that feels like there's only one way those notes could possibly have fitted together.
Working predominantly in the tie-in field means some of the naming work has been done for me, but often that's not quite the leg-up you might think. The names that exist in the worlds of 40k and Heresy have been kicking around the block in one form or another for up to thirty years. To the readers of such fiction, those names have had time to bed in and make themselves comfortable. The names I have to invent need to set those names as their bar for longevity if they're going to feel right sharing a page with people like Roboute Guilliman, Leman Russ and Abaddon (okay, that one's been around even longer…).
A name has a heavy burden to bear. A good name can make a character/race/magic sword/starship, just as a bad one can ruin it. A good name tells me something about the character, either by its style or sound or meaning. A good name just works, because there's a strange alchemy that goes on in everyone's head when they hear a name for the first time.
I might have had the idea and name for a particular character for a long time, but seeing their name on the page is the reader's first contact with them. And for good or ill, they'll start to form an opinion about them from the outset. When you or I hear a name, our brains make all sorts of assumptions, interpolations and snap judgements based on its perceived history, sound and feel in the ear. I'd bet the farm all of us would respond differently to a Tarquin Fotheringay III than we would to a Dave Smith. It's no different in fantastical fiction, though there's no real shorthand to the names that exist in our fictional worlds unless it's created by the writer. That's fine, that comes in the telling, but there's no immediate way to buy that innate reaction to a name.
So you have to borrow it. Using names that are variations on names you'd find in this world is a good way of piggybacking on that 'first impression' reaction. Sure, you might have to dig pretty deep to find those names in this world, but if they come from a culture that's likely to be at least vaguely familiar to the reader, there's a good chance you'll get away with it. Using names with a basis in reality is a good way of bypassing the effect whereby names made up by middle-class white guys often sound just like names made up by middle-class white guys.
You know a name's right when you hear it, and when you have it, you know there's no other name that could possibly fit. Oh, and just to make thing even more awkward, how you process a name is important too. In other words, what a name looks like on the page is just as important as how it sounds, because, unless they're listening to an audiobook, the reader isn't likely to be reading it aloud.
The project I'm working on just now is a Horus Heresy novel called Vengeful Spirit, and there's one particular squad of characters I had to find names for. They're Space Marines drawn from a variety of backgrounds, and their names needed to reflect the character of their legions without being too broadly drawn. The reader needed to be able to instantly differentiate between the characters, without saddling each one with a long winded name that necessitated constant flicking back to the dramatis personae page. Their names needed to be individual enough, memorable enough and distinct enough to be recognisable, cool-sounding and weighty enough to feel right. And let me tell you, that was a long two days of scouring the web, historical sources, myths and legends, alternative languages and just looking at the page to see how they related to one another.
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I should really be writing for Nano… but McNeill himself? Sweet!
Terrific article, and good to know I'm not the only one gets ties in a bundle over choosing names for characters.


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                        array(
                            'assign-type' => 'variable',
                            'operator' => 'assign',
                            'variable' => $tempVariable->getName(),
                            'expr' => array(
                                'type' => $resolvedExpr->getType(),
                                'value' => $resolvedExpr->getCode(),
                                'file' => $exprRaw['file'],
                                'line' => $exprRaw['line'],
                                'char' => $exprRaw['char']
                            ),
                            'file' => $exprRaw['file'],
                            'line' => $exprRaw['line'],
                            'char' => $exprRaw['char']
                        )
                    )
                ));
                $statement->compile($compilationContext);
            } else {
                $tempVariable = $compilationContext->symbolTable->getVariableForRead($resolvedExpr->getCode(), $compilationContext, $exprRaw);
            }

            $clauses = $this->normalizeClauses($this->_statement['clauses']);
            $tempLeft = array('type' => 'variable', 'value' => $tempVariable->getRealName());

            /**
             * In the first round we group case clauses that have block statements
             * with the ones that does not have one
             */
            $blocks = array();
            $exprStack = array();
            $defaultBlock = null;
            foreach ($clauses as $clause) {
                if ($clause['type'] == 'case') {
                    $expr = array(
                        'type' => 'equals',
                        'left' => $tempLeft,
                        'right' => $clause['expr']
                    );
                    if (!isset($clause['statements'])) {
                        $exprStack[] = $expr;
                    } else {
                        $exprStack[] = $expr;
                        $blocks[] = array(
                            'expr' => $exprStack,
                            'block' => $clause['statements']
                        );
                        $exprStack = array();
                    }
                } else {
                    if ($clause['type'] == 'default') {
                        $defaultBlock = $clause['statements'];
                    }
                }
            }

            /**
             * In the second round we generate the conditions with their blocks
             * grouping 'cases' without a statement block using an 'or'
             */
            foreach ($blocks as $block) {
                $expressions = $block['expr'];

                if (count($expressions) == 1) {
                    $condition = $evalExpr->optimize($expressions[0], $compilationContext);
                    $codePrinter->output('if (' . $condition . ') {');
                } else {
                    $orConditions = array();
                    foreach ($expressions as $expression) {
                        $orConditions[] = $evalExpr->optimize($expression, $compilationContext);
                    }
                    $codePrinter->output('if (' . join(' || ', $orConditions) . ') {');
                }

                if (isset($block['block'])) {
                    $st = new StatementsBlock($block['block']);
                    $branch = $st->compile($compilationContext, false, Branch::TYPE_SWITCH);
                    $branch->setRelatedStatement($this);
                }

                $codePrinter->output('}');
            }

            $compilationContext->codePrinter->decreaseLevel();

            /**
             * The default block is resolved at the end of the 'switch'
             */
            if ($defaultBlock) {
                $st = new StatementsBlock($defaultBlock);
                $st->compile($compilationContext);
            }

            $compilationContext->insideSwitch--;

            $codePrinter->output('} while(0);');
            $codePrinter->outputBlankLine();
        }
    }

    public function normalizeClauses($clauses)
    {
        foreach ($clauses as $defaultIndex => $clause) {
            if ($clause['type'] == 'default') {
                break;
            }
        }

        if ($defaultIndex === count($clauses) - 1) {
            return $clauses;
        }

        $emptyClausesBeforeDefault = array();
        for ($i = $defaultIndex - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
            $clause = $clauses[$i];
            if (isset($clause['statements'])) {
                break;
            }
            $emptyClausesBeforeDefault[] = $i;
        }

        foreach ($emptyClausesBeforeDefault as $i) {
            unset($clauses[$i]);
        }

        return $clauses;
    }
}

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About Medical College of Wisconsin:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is a private medical school based in Milwaukee, in the Midwestern US. It has three schools: the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. It also has three campuses: one in central Milwaukee, another in Green Bay, about two hours to the north, and a third in Wausau, in central Wisconsin. In Milwaukee, the School of Medicine offers a traditional four-year course which allows students to taste different areas of practice while considering career paths of interest. In Green Bay and Wausau, MCW runs an accelerated three-year curriculum aimed at students seeking a career in primary care. Teaching is informed by practice, with MCW staff caring for hundreds of thousands of patients every year at three major hospitals and more widely across Wisconsin. It is also informed by more than 120 years of history. The college was the medical school of Marquette University for six decades from 1907, having been founded as the Milwaukee Medical College and the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons during the 1890s. However, serious financial difficulties in the medical school led to Marquette terminating its sponsorship in 1967. Despite the difficult circumstances, independence was the catalyst for major expansion of the newly-renamed MCW, which took on a state-wide focus. In 1978, MCW moved to its flagship site in central Milwaukee, and the campus has been significantly developed since then, including the construction of the Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
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A lot of time people face the same marriage pitfalls. Every couple in a marriage, whether they have been married a long time or not, must be very active in ensuring their marriage remains fresh and interactive. Many couples find it so easy to mind the affairs of others and to give time to other things in contrast to their partners. Nonetheless, it is possible to avoid destructive marriage pitfalls and to put things right on track.
As you avoid marriage woes by overcoming them your marriage will not be in trouble and the partnership will be enhanced. While a marriage can be the source of infinite blessings and joy, it can also turn into a source of serious depression, anger, strife and disappointment. Knowing how pitfalls in marriage can be fixed is vital in sustaining a great partnership and personal well-being.
About 43 percent of married individuals fight over finances, which is one of the main reasons why married couples engage in fights. In case the two of you look and handle finances differently, the reason you are always at each other's throat, think about seeing a financial counselor or expert. Perhaps you can make it a bonding issue by reading articles, books and watching videos together on how best you could manage your family funds.
When the man refuses to arrive home in time or fix the garden shed for two months in a row, the wife could get angry and gripe about it to her co-workers, best friends or her mother. When the wife or the husband begins being questioned why they are fighting or quarreling over this or that, it is obvious someone has been talking. Essentially, venting a little is given and perhaps needed, but too much storytelling will bring a lot of trouble to any marriage.
As you complain and talk to others about your marriage problems, you end up projecting yourself as the righteous helpless victim and missing a chance to have your concerns addressed by your partner by having a talk. You might also like to avoid unloading problems with your partner to your children since they will never take sides. It is also very vital to make your marriage private again by avoiding sharing your problems with anyone. In case your friends share their partner's flaws with you, avoid giving such flaws about your partner even if they exist. Rather than air your grievances before your friends or family gatherings, use every chance you get to praise one another openly.
Lots of couples around the world enter marriage unions with many unrealistic or preconceived expectations on many areas of their union, such as what their partner's role is going to be or what their marriage will be like. As time forges on, the expectations sometimes take too long to appear and frustration and disappointment builds up intensely creating resentment and lots of other complications.
It is best to have a talk about every expectation you both have and raise concerns that might crop up concerning the way your marriage is going, including the roles both of you seem to be playing as you ensure the household is running well. You can always seek advice on how to deal with sensitive subjects in marriage and how to engage in productive conversations.
While it is bad to keep complaining to other people out there, suffering in silence is seriously destructive. When one of the partners or both of them act like martyrs in a marriage and keep withholding their real feelings, they run the risk of hurting their marriage through resentment that usually builds up. To break down resentment is really hard. Deal with this marriage pitfall by learning to always speak your mind, saying what you think is right or you feel on the inside.
In most cases, a marriage partner avoids talking about a problem with the other by thinking that even if the issue is voiced, nothing will happen, fundamentally a problem in itself. Setting some time to talk about issues when you are both relaxed is a plus and not when one partner is about to rush out to the grocery store or watching news on TV. You can also learn to praise your husband or wife every time he or she does something you wanted.
Married people are capable of engaging in fights all the time over everything from dirty shirts to something that was not done months later. While you might be happily married or not, know that every partner will always have frustrating times and hectic days whether the individual is the head of the company's department or the household manager. Whether the disagreement was warranted or not, you might want to resist saying words that would make your partner lose his or her mind. You can cool down and take a break, especially if you feel like exploding on your partner, and come back to the decision once you are very clear on the things you wanted to talk about. Be ready to listen to the perspective of your spouse.
It is obvious the modern economy calls for a busy life as people work to earn and put food on the table. Many couples are always on the run to work, busy with personal interests or with kids that they hardly realize they are drawing further apart. In fact, it is hard to realize lots of time has elapsed before you last engaged in any meaningful conversation. Bedtime passes without anything being said as you all fall asleep, tired. As you eliminate heart to heart conversations and quality time you will not be serious about your union and you might end up too casual.
You might also develop a false assumption that you do not need to work on shortening the deepening distance. As you continue avoiding quality time together and postponing talks and conversations for a long time, you might wake up and wonder why you got married in the first place. The first reaction to detachment is pulling back and things will be very bad from that moment henceforth.
If you are nice and respectful to your partner, he or she will respond in the same manner as all human beings do. Simply cut the distractions preventing you from having some quality time and take time to be together, reconnect and share things as you used to. You can have a short walk together, switch off your TV, smartphones and tablets and enjoy a board game or a drink as you talk. If the rift had extended to your bed, try to work on it. Physical intimacy makes any relationship stronger.
One thing you really should not get into the habit in your marriage is getting too casual or taking your partner for granted. You do not want to start building bridges later on when things seem to have already gone sour; you will have to break a leg to bring things around. However, whether you have been married for 30 years or six months it always pays to let your partner know how thankful you are by sending a romantic card out of nowhere, make a call to her place of work to say how you love him or her or appear suddenly at lunch time to take her to lunch or dinner after leaving the office.
Also, because you are already married it hardly means you cannot find an outfit, get dressed and eat out or go on a long date on a Friday evening. You can take some time and call your wife or husband and set the time and date for that romantic outing. Doing it makes you feel great and joyous while the partner will be taken aback.
If you are in a second marriage, you can also protect yourself in a number of ways.
Engage in a conversation together on all the family members in your lives. It is possible the discussion could heat up, especially when it comes to problems with in-laws, vacations, time with the real parents of your children, and money, among others.
Take a couple of weekends off across the year from your normal parenting to engage in couples-only activities from time to time. Guilt should not derail you from enjoying some quality time without the kids.
Red flags are always there and it is best to pay attention to them, such as clashes in expectations and values or increased tension. If you think conflicts are increasing in your second marriage, seek expert help.
Rough patches are given in any marriage, more so during special occasions and holidays. Learn to navigate through weddings, graduations and birthdays while expecting tension and loyalty conflicts to heighten at such times.
Second marriage is not a joke and you must develop endurance and mindset of actively working on your union. If you decide not to give up so easily it is possible to keep your marriage stable for a long time.
Wow! I'm deeply touched by this article. I wish I knew these things during the first year of my marriage. Now we're separated and I'm looking to initiate divorce next year, and I feel awful about considering it as I also had my faults…Anyway, I'd appreciate if you alert me as you post new articles. Bless you!


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Q: The method 'findRenderObject' was called on null - With StackTrace Hi I'm new to Flutter Dart.
In my project I get the excpetion: The method 'findRenderObject' was called on null. Receiver: null Tried calling: findRenderObject()
This happens when I'm firing the ElevatedButton in my main.dart file.
The function that will be fired is the startGame function in my play_field.dart file.
Anyone an idea why I get this exception when firing this button?
The StackTrace:
#0      Object.noSuchMethod (dart:core-patch/object_patch.dart:54:5)
#1      PlayFieldState.startGame
package:woost_games/…/game/play_field.dart:74
#2      _TetrisState.build.<anonymous closure>
package:woost_games/main.dart:88
#3      _InkResponseState._handleTap
package:flutter/…/material/ink_well.dart:991
#4      GestureRecognizer.invokeCallback
package:flutter/…/gestures/recognizer.dart:182
...
Handler: "onTap"
Recognizer: TapGestureRecognizer#dbf10
    debugOwner: GestureDetector
    state: possible
    won arena
    finalPosition: Offset(332.0, 284.3)
    finalLocalPosition: Offset(33.1, 7.9)
    button: 1
    sent tap down

See my code below:
Main.dart
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

import 'widgets/block/block.dart';
import 'widgets/block/next_block.dart';
import 'widgets/game/play_field.dart';
import 'widgets/game/score_bar.dart';

void main() => runApp(
  ChangeNotifierProvider(
    create: (context) => Data(),
    child: WoostGames()
  )
);

class WoostGames extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    SystemChrome.setPreferredOrientations([DeviceOrientation.portraitUp]);

    return MaterialApp(home: Tetris());
  }
}

class Tetris extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() => _TetrisState();
}

class _TetrisState extends State<Tetris> {
  GlobalKey<PlayFieldState> _playFieldKey = GlobalKey();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text(
          'Woost Tetris',
          style: TextStyle(
            color: Colors.black,
            fontFamily: 'Neue Montreal',
            fontSize: 25,
            fontWeight: FontWeight.w700
          )
        ),
        centerTitle: true,
        backgroundColor: Colors.yellow,
      ),
      backgroundColor: Colors.yellow,
      body: SafeArea(
        child: Column(children: <Widget>[
          ScoreBar(),
          Expanded(
            child: Row(
              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
              children: <Widget>[
                Flexible(
                  flex: 3,
                  child: Padding(
                    padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(5, 0, 2.5, 5),
                    child: PlayField(key: _playFieldKey),
                  )
                ),
                Flexible(
                  child: Padding(
                    padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(2.5, 0, 5, 5),
                    child: Column(
                      children: <Widget>[
                        NextBlock(),
                        SizedBox(height: 30),
                        ElevatedButton(
                          child: Text(
                            Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).inGame
                              ? 'End'
                              : 'Start',
                            style: TextStyle(
                              fontSize: 18,
                              color: Colors.yellow
                            )
                          ),
                          style: ButtonStyle(
                            backgroundColor: MaterialStateProperty.all<Color>(Colors.black)
                          ),
                          onPressed: () {
                            Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).inGame
                              ? _playFieldKey.currentState.endGame()
                              : _playFieldKey.currentState.startGame();
                          }
                        )
                      ]
                    )
                  )
                ),
              ],
            ),
          )
        ])
      )
    );
  }
}

class Data with ChangeNotifier {
  int score = 0;
  bool inGame = false;
  Block nextBlock;

  void setScore(score) {
    this.score = score ;
    notifyListeners();
  }

  void addScore(score) {
    this.score += score;
    notifyListeners();
  }

  void setInGame(inGame) {
    this.inGame = inGame;
    notifyListeners();
  }

  void setNextBlock(Block nextBlock) {
    this.nextBlock = nextBlock;
    notifyListeners();
  }

  Widget getNextBlockWidget() {
    if (!inGame) return Container();

    var width = nextBlock.width;
    var height = nextBlock.height;
    var color;

    List<Widget> columns = [];
    for (var y = 0; y < height; y++) {
      List<Widget> rows = [];
      for (var x = 0; x < width; ++ x) {
        color = (nextBlock.subBlocks
          .where((subBlock) => subBlock.x == x && subBlock.y == y)
          .length > 0) ? nextBlock.color : Colors.transparent;

        rows.add(Container(width: 12, height: 12, color: color));
      }

      columns.add(Row(
        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
        children: rows
      ));
    }

    return Column(
      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
      children: columns,
    );
  }
}

play_field.dart
import 'dart:math';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

import '../../main.dart';
import '../block/block.dart';
import '../block/blocks.dart';
import '../block/sub_block.dart';

enum Collision {
  LANDED_ON_BOTTOM,
  LANDED_ON_BLOCK,
  HIT_WALL,
  HIT_BLOCK,
  NONE
}

const PLAY_FIELD_WIDTH = 10;
const PLAY_FIELD_HEIGHT = 20;
const REFRESH_RATE = 300;
const GAME_AREA_BORDER_WIDTH = 2.0;
const SUB_BLOCK_EDGE_WIDTH = 2.0;

class PlayField extends StatefulWidget {
  PlayField({Key key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() => PlayFieldState();
}

class PlayFieldState extends State<PlayField> {
  bool isGameOver = false;
  double subBlockWidth;
  Duration blockMovementDuration = Duration(milliseconds: REFRESH_RATE);

  GlobalKey _playFieldAreaKey = GlobalKey();

  BlockMovement action;
  Block block;
  Timer timer;

  List<SubBlock> oldSubBlocks;

  Block getNewBlock() {
    int blockType = Random().nextInt(7);
    int orientationIndex = Random().nextInt(4);

    switch (blockType) {
      case 0:
        return IBlock(orientationIndex);
      case 1:
        return JBlock(orientationIndex);
      case 2:
        return LBlock(orientationIndex);
      case 3:
        return OBlock(orientationIndex);
      case 4:
        return TBlock(orientationIndex);
      case 5:
        return SBlock(orientationIndex);
      case 6:
        return ZBlock(orientationIndex);
      default:
        return null;
    }
  }

  void startGame() {
    Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).setInGame(true);
    Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).setScore(0);
    oldSubBlocks = [];

    RenderBox renderBoxPlayField = _playFieldAreaKey.currentContext.findRenderObject();
    subBlockWidth = (renderBoxPlayField.size.width - GAME_AREA_BORDER_WIDTH * 2) / PLAY_FIELD_WIDTH;

    Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).setNextBlock(getNewBlock());
    block = getNewBlock();

    timer = Timer.periodic(blockMovementDuration, onPlay);
  }

  void endGame() {
    Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).setInGame(false);
    timer.cancel();
  }

  void onPlay(Timer timer) {
    var status = Collision.NONE;

    setState(() {
      if (action != null) {
        if (!checkOnEdge(action)) {
          block.move(action);
        }
      }

      oldSubBlocks.forEach((oldSubBlock) {
        block.subBlocks.forEach((subBlock) {
          var x = block.x + subBlock.x;
          var y = block.y + subBlock.y;
          if (x == oldSubBlock.x && y == oldSubBlock.y) {
            switch (action) {
              case BlockMovement.LEFT:
                block.move(BlockMovement.RIGHT);
                break;
              case BlockMovement.RIGHT:
                block.move(BlockMovement.LEFT);
                break;
              case BlockMovement.ROTATE_CLOCKWISE:
                block.move(BlockMovement.ROTATE_COUNTER_CLOCKWISE);
                break;
              default:
                break;
            }
          }
        });
      });

      if (!checkAtBottom()) {
        if (!checkOnBlock()) {
          block.move(BlockMovement.DOWN);
        } else {
          status = Collision.LANDED_ON_BLOCK;
        }
      } else {
        status = Collision.LANDED_ON_BOTTOM;
      }

      if (status == Collision.LANDED_ON_BLOCK && block.y < 0) {
        isGameOver = true;
        endGame();
      }
      else if (status == Collision.LANDED_ON_BOTTOM
      || status == Collision.LANDED_ON_BLOCK) {
        block.subBlocks.forEach((subBlock) {
          subBlock.x += block.x;
          subBlock.y += block.y;
          oldSubBlocks.add(subBlock);
        });
      }

      block = Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).nextBlock;
      Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).setNextBlock(getNewBlock());
    });

    action = null;
    updateScore();
  }

  void updateScore() {
    var combo = 1;
    Map<int, int> rows = Map();
    List<int> rowsToBeRemoved = [];

    oldSubBlocks?.forEach((oldSubBlock) {
      rows.update(oldSubBlock.y, (value) => ++value, ifAbsent: () => 1);
    });

    rows.forEach((rowNum, count) {
      if (count == PLAY_FIELD_WIDTH) {
        Provider.of<Data>(context, listen: false).setScore(combo++);
        rowsToBeRemoved.add(rowNum);
      }
    });

    if (rowsToBeRemoved.length > 0)
      removeRows(rowsToBeRemoved);
  }

  void removeRows(List<int> rows) {
    rows.sort();
    rows.forEach((row) {
      oldSubBlocks.removeWhere((oldSubBlock) => oldSubBlock.y == row);
      oldSubBlocks.forEach((oldSubBlock) {
        if (oldSubBlock.y < row)
          ++oldSubBlock.y;
      });
    });
  }

  bool checkAtBottom() {
    return block.y + block.height == PLAY_FIELD_HEIGHT;
  }

  bool checkOnBlock() {
    oldSubBlocks.forEach((oldSubBlock) {
      block.subBlocks.forEach((subBlock) {
        var x = block.x + subBlock.x;
        var y = block.y + subBlock.y;
        if (x == oldSubBlock.x && y + 1 == oldSubBlock.y)
          return true;
      });
    });

    return false;
  }

  bool checkOnEdge(BlockMovement action) {
    return (action == BlockMovement.LEFT && block.x <= 0) ||
      (action == BlockMovement.RIGHT && block.x + block.width >= PLAY_FIELD_WIDTH);
  }

  Widget getPositionedSquareContainer(Color color, int x, int y) {
    return Positioned(
      left: x * subBlockWidth,
      top: y * subBlockWidth,
      child: Container(
        width: subBlockWidth - SUB_BLOCK_EDGE_WIDTH,
        height: subBlockWidth - SUB_BLOCK_EDGE_WIDTH,
        decoration: BoxDecoration(
          color: color,
          shape: BoxShape.rectangle,
          borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(2.5))
        )
      )
    );
  }

  Widget drawBlock() {
    if (block == null) return null;
    List<Positioned> subBlocks = [];

    block.subBlocks.forEch((subBlock) {
      subBlocks.add(getPositionedSquareContainer(
        subBlock.color, subBlock.x + block.x, subBlock.y + block.y
      ));
    });

    oldSubBlocks?.forEach((oldSubBlock) {
      subBlocks.add(getPositionedSquareContainer(
        oldSubBlock.color, oldSubBlock.x, oldSubBlock.y
      ));
    });

    if (isGameOver) {
      subBlocks.add(getGameOverRect());
    }

    return Stack(children: subBlocks);
  }

  Widget getGameOverRect() {
    return Positioned(
      child: Container(
        width: subBlockWidth * 8,
        height: subBlockWidth * 3,
        alignment: Alignment.center,
        decoration: BoxDecoration(
          borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(5)),
          color: Colors.black
        ),
        child: Text(
          'Game Over',
          style: TextStyle(
            fontSize: 30,
            fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
            color: Colors.yellow
          )
        )
      ),
      left: subBlockWidth * 1,
      top: subBlockWidth * 6
    );
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return GestureDetector(
      onHorizontalDragUpdate: (event) {
        action = (event.delta.dx < 1)
          ? BlockMovement.LEFT
          : BlockMovement.RIGHT;
      },
      onTap: () {
        action = BlockMovement.ROTATE_CLOCKWISE;
      },
      child: AspectRatio(
        aspectRatio: PLAY_FIELD_WIDTH / PLAY_FIELD_HEIGHT,
        child: Container(
          decoration: BoxDecoration(
            color: Colors.yellow,
            border: Border.all(
              width: GAME_AREA_BORDER_WIDTH,
              color: Colors.black
            ),
            borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(2.5))
          ),
        ),
      )
    );
  }
}

=== EDIT ====
Screenshot of full exception:

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Every once in a while when I feel like my hair my is limp and no longer working for me I take scissors to it. We were on the way to a picnic on base and I didn't like the way my ponytail looked with my sunglasses so I did a quick trim. I'm the queen of quickie side swept bangs :) It's the best way to update your hair when it's grown out and you don't have time to hit up the salon.


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Actually, I am not a supporter of getting up early in the morning. I am more the type who likes to turn off his alarm clock in the morning, but for certain experiences, even I (not a morning person) push myself to get up earlier.
Said and done. At 5:00 o'clock I was ready for the sun train in St. Michael. Everything was dark and surrounded by a certain peace, which you only can experience early in the morning.
By sun train we started our way up to the Speiereck mountain, still surrounded by darkness and quietness. Only the lights of the onnenbahncable car could be recognized.
Arrived at the Speiereck we went to the Peterbauerkreuz (summit cross) while the sun got brighter and brighter from minute to minute. Finally arrived at the Peterbauerkreuz where we all waited patiently for the sun to show up behind the mountains. When the sun finally came up, the whole mountain turned into an orange-golden light, which was unbelievably beautiful.
Even though there were a lot of people it was a very quiet, relaxing feeling and you could feel the energy of the morning glow. Everybody enjoyed the sunrise in his own way.
After this unique experience we went to the Peterbaueralm (mountain hut), where we got a big breakfast with fresh bread, self-made jam, lungauer honey, sausages and cheese, self-made cake and much more.
Saturated and with inner peace, I drove done againg by cable car to St. Michael. While I drove down, I was fascinated by the wonderful and lovely panorama of the Speiereck mountain.
The sun rising journey was an unforgettable experience which I think nobody should miss in their life or at least during a day in our beautiful Lungau region.
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I tried testing my Dialogflow Agent by Calling on the Dialgflow Provided Number, But It says "the number you are trying to call is currently busy". I created another agent and tried on it, and it was working but this one stopped working.

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Locations in Medina and Mentor
Elegant Essentials has access to several resources such as support groups throughout Northeast Ohio. In addition, there are local as well as national organizations dedicated to helping patients and their families when dealing with cancer. Click on links below for more information.
Support Close to Home
Stewart's Caring Place
StewartsCaringPlace.org
Stewart's Caring Place is a nonprofit organization that works to enhance the quality of life for those living with cancer by providing emotional, social, physical and spiritual support to individuals with cancer in one peaceful setting that is inclusive, non-judgmental and confidential.
TouchedByCancer.org
The Gathering Place is a nonprofit, community-based cancer support center serving the social, emotional, physical and spiritual needs of individuals with cancer and their support network. In a homelike environment, people with cancer and their family and friends share experiences and challenges in the spirit of hope and community. Programs and services offered by The Gathering Place focus on healing the mind, body and spirit. The Gathering Place supports individuals to actively manage the impact of cancer in their lives and improve their quality of life.
The American Cancer Society is dedicated to helping everyone who faces cancer through research, patient services, early detection, treatment and education.
Black Women's Health
BlackWomensHealth.com
BlackWomensHealth.com has a simple philosophy and mission: to be the premier Internet site dedicated to promoting the physical, mental and spiritual wellness of today's African American woman.
BreastCancer.org
BreastCancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Its mission is to help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions.
Celebrating Life Foundation
CelebratingLife.org
The Celebrating Life Foundation (CLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to educating the African American community and women of color about the risk of breast cancer, encouraging advancements in early detection and treatment and to improving survival rates among these women.
CureToday.com
Cancer Updates' Research & Education is a quarterly magazine that combines the science and humanity of cancer for those who have to deal with it on a daily basis. CURE provides scientific information in easy-to-understand language with equally understandable illustrations. It is published by the Cancer Information Group.
Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
FacingOurRisk.org
FORCE's mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Cancer.gov
The National Cancer Institute is a public institution dedicated to reducing the burden of cancer for all U.S. citizens and people around the world.
BreastCancerDeadline2020.org
The National Breast Cancer Coalition is the nation's largest breast cancer advocacy group, with more than 600 member organizations and 70,000 individual members and supporters. Committed to ending breast cancer, NBCC and its sister organization, the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, work to educate and train individuals to be effective activists and to influence the public policies that affect breast cancer research and treatment.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation
NationalBreastCancer.org
The mission of The National Breast Cancer Foundation is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education, and by providing mammograms for those in need.
Sisters Network Inc.
SistersNetworkInc.org
Sisters Network Inc. is committed to increasing local and national attention to the devastating impact that breast cancer has in the African American community.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been a global leader in the fight against breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. Working through a network of U.S. and international affiliates and events such as the Komen Race for the Cure®, the Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world.
YSC Young Survival Coalition
YoungSurvival.org
Young Survival Coalition's (YSC) educational programs are designed to reach not only our core audience of young women affected by breast cancer but also members of the medical community, friends, family members, caregivers, the breast health community, healthy young women and the general public.
Medina Location
5164 Normandy Park Drive ,Suite 300
Medina Hours
Tuesday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mentor Location
8510-B Mentor Avenue
Mentor, Ohio 44060
Mentor Hours
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#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <string_view>

void
add_mapping(unsigned char *table, char c)
{
  int i = c / 8;
  int x = 7 - c % 8;
  int r = 1 << x;

  table[i] = table[i] | r;
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  // only support a single arg that contains all the chars we wish to escapify
  if (argc > 1 && argc != 2) {
    std::cerr << "Provide a single argument with a list of characters to add to the default encoding table." << std::endl;
    return (1);
  }

  // default characters supported by the codes_to_escape table found in LogUtils.cc
  unsigned char to_escape[16] = {
    ' ', '"', '#', '%', '<', '>', '[', ']', '\\', '^', '`', '{', '|', '}', '~', 0x7F,
  };

  unsigned char escape_codes[32] = {0};

  // indexes 0-3 are marked as "control"
  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    escape_codes[i] = 0xFF;
  }

  // add_mapping performs a logical or on the entries, so the above 0xFF values
  // will persist.
  for (auto char_to_escape : to_escape) {
    add_mapping(&escape_codes[0], char_to_escape);
  }

  // add the chars specified in argv
  if (argc > 1) {
    std::string_view escape_characters{argv[1]};
    for (auto const char_to_escape : escape_characters) {
      std::cout << "Adding '" << char_to_escape << "' to escape mapping table." << std::endl;
      add_mapping(&escape_codes[0], char_to_escape);
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
  }

  std::string_view qualification{((argc > 1) ? "New" : "Default")};
  std::cout << qualification << " Escape Mapping Table:" << std::endl;

  for (unsigned long i = 0; i < sizeof(escape_codes) / sizeof(escape_codes[0]); i++) {
    std::cout << std::dec << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(4) << i << ": 0x";
    auto const escape_code = static_cast<int>(escape_codes[i]);
    std::cout << std::hex << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << escape_code << std::endl;
  }

  return 0;
}


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CD Baby Partners with Cosynd to Streamline Copyright Registration
Daniel Sanchez
CD Baby claims to be the first digital distribution service to "give creators access" to copyright ownership tools.
Last week, the US Copyright Office published a Federal Register notice.
The branch of the Library of Congress wants creators' feedback as it works on a modern, digital copyright registration system. The move aims to improve the Office's infrastructure to improve user experience, increase efficiency, and decrease processing times.
Unfortunately, creators in the US will still have to wait some time before the new digital system is unveiled. The Office will receive feedback until January 15th, 2019.
Now, one digital distributor has unveiled a new partnership aimed at streamlining copyright applications.
CD Baby partners with Cosynd.
CD Baby has announced a new partnership to help creators get their works copyrighted fast.
The major digital distributor's deal with Cosynd, a legal services platform, allows CD Baby users to document ownership of their content. The legal services platform offers free and paid tiers of services.
Under the deal, users will receive a month of free access to Cosynd's Essential and Premium tiers. This will allow CD Baby members to create unlimited copyright split sheets, full copyright ownership agreements, and work-for-hire agreements.
According to the digital distributor, the partnership will help members avoid misunderstandings, improper exploitation of copyrights, and unpaid royalties. This will provide artists, producers, and songwriters quick copyright ownership agreements. It will also help them register with the US Copyright Office.
Last year, the 'royalty black box' – a large tranche of unclaimed royalties – was loosely estimated at $2.5 billion. But that's likely a conservative figure, given that unpaid mechanical licenses from streaming services alone were recently estimated at $1.5 billion by Variety.
Unless a registration exits at the Copyright Officer, creators can't file lawsuits to resolve ownership and infringement problems.
Speaking on how the deal will benefit artists in the long-run, Tracy Maddux, CEO of CD Baby, explained,
"Making it easy for artists to manage the rights around their music catalog is a key part of being a total monetization solution. Our partnership with Cosynd provides these tools in a very accessible way."
Expressing her 'thrill' of partnering with the digital distributor, Jessica Sobhraj, CEO of Cosynd, explained how creators could potentially lose out on royalties.
"There is more content being created and more opportunities to monetize that content than ever before. If you're a creator, documenting ownership of your copyrights is a crucial step from the beginning – otherwise you won't get paid! Disputes arise, liability increases, lawsuits ensue, and we all suffer the losses…We're thrilled to [partner with CD Baby] to help creators protect themselves and their rights from the very start."
Featured image by CD Baby.
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Bad Bunny Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Heading For Settlement
Joel October 23, 2018
Looks like CD Baby is stepping it up in the middle of all of these distro announcements and I bet the other distributors will follow suit. Pretty easy to use this thing, kinda Legalzoom'ish. Looks like you can still get free access to the premium tiers even though its past the deadline on the site.


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