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Accusoft's document viewer now fastest, most powerful on the market
Published: October 17th, 2013
Accusoft today announces the release of Prizm Content Connect version 8, a highly scalable, server-based document viewer that enables users to view hundreds of different file types through a browser without needing the file type's native application or any other players or plugins on the client. Testing reveals the new version to be the fastest product of its kind.
The new version includes greatly improved text and font fidelity, significant speed enhancements across all document types and new APIs enabling easier integration, all in addition to the viewer's hardened scalability and industry-leading versatility.
Prizm Content Connect enables collaboration on more than 300 file types–including Microsoft Office files, PDFs, images, email messages and more–through a quick, consistent viewer that requires no software installations on employee devices. The versatile server component is scalable for environments of any size or platform and integrates easily with any programming language.
The new version introduces the Prizm Content Connect Imaging Services (PCCIS) platform, which enables version 8 to display documents more quickly and with even better clarity and font accuracy in the zero footprint HTML5 document viewer. The full-text search and text selection tools are more responsive and accurate than ever.
Version 8 features new, easier-to-use APIs that empower companies to integrate the viewer into their websites and applications with less effort and in less time. A new web API conforming to the Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture has been optimized to deliver lightning-quick response times. Other new and enhanced APIs enhance text extraction and empower administrators to enable service monitoring quickly and easily.
For more information, visit www.accusoft.com/prizmcontentconnect.htm.


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31st Golden Raspberry Awards
The 31st Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, was a parodic award ceremony that was held on February 26, 2011,[1] at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre[2] in Hollywood, California to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2010. The nominations were announced on January 24. Per Razzies tradition, both the nominee announcements and ceremony preceded the corresponding Academy Awards functions by one day. The Last Airbender was the big winner of 2010, with five awards, including Worst Picture.[3][4]
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
Worst Picture
Most awards
The Last Airbender (5)
Most nominations
The Last Airbender / The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (9)
Winners and nominees
Winner (in bold)
Worst Picture The Last Airbender (Paramount / Nickelodeon)
The Bounty Hunter (Columbia)
Sex and the City 2 (New Line / HBO / Village Roadshow)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
Vampires Suck (20th Century Fox / Regency)
Worst Actor Ashton Kutcher in Killers and Valentine's Day as Spencer Aimes and Reed Bennett (respectively)
Jack Black in Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter as Milo Boyd
Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine's Day as Jacob Black and William "Willy" Harrington (respectively)
Robert Pattinson in Remember Me and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as Tyler Hawkins and Edward Cullen (respectively)
Worst Actress The Four "Gal Pals" (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon) in Sex and the City 2 as Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes (respectively)
Jennifer Aniston in The Bounty Hunter and The Switch as Nicole Hurley and Kassie Larson (respectively)
Miley Cyrus in The Last Song as Veronica "Ronnie" Miller
Megan Fox in Jonah Hex as Lilah
Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as Bella Swan
Worst Supporting Actor Jackson Rathbone in The Last Airbender and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as Sokka and Jasper Hale (respectively)
Billy Ray Cyrus in The Spy Next Door as Colton James
George Lopez in Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine's Day as Carlos, Glaze and Alphonso Rodriguez (respectively)
Dev Patel in The Last Airbender as Zuko
Rob Schneider in Grown Ups as Rob Hilliard
Worst Supporting Actress Jessica Alba in The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine's Day as Joyce Lakeland, Andi Garcia, Sartana Rivera and Morley Clarkson (respectively)
Cher in Burlesque as Tess
Liza Minnelli in Sex and the City 2 as Herself
Nicola Peltz in The Last Airbender as Katara
Barbra Streisand in Little Fockers as Roz Focker
Worst Screen Couple / Screen Ensemble The entire cast of Sex and the City 2
Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin's face and Megan Fox's accent in Jonah Hex
The entire cast of The Last Airbender
The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Sex and the City 2
Clash of the Titans (Warner Bros.)
Vampires Suck
Worst Director M. Night Shyamalan for The Last Airbender
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer for Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King for Sex and the City 2
David Slade for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone for The Expendables
Worst Screenplay The Last Airbender (screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko)
Little Fockers (screenplay by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on characters created by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke)
Sex and the City 2 (screenplay by Michael Patrick King, based on the TV series created by Darren Star)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer)
Vampires Suck (written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer)
Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D The Last Airbender
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (Warner Bros.)
The Nutcracker (Freestyle Releasing)
Saw 3D (Lionsgate)
"Date set for 31st annual Razzie Awards". UPI. April 12, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
"RAZZIES Nominations". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved January 26, 2011. [...], with "winners" set to be announced [...] at Hollywood's Barnsdall Gallery Theatre at 7:30pm/PST on Saturday, February 26 – [...].
"The 31st Annual Razzie Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
"Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker awarded worst actor Razzies". Daily Telegraph. 2011-02-26. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
Golden Raspberry Awards
John J. B. Wilson
The Official Razzie Movie Guide
List of people who have accepted Golden Raspberry Awards
Current awards
Worst Leading Actor
Worst Leading Actress
Worst Screenplay
Worst Supporting Actor
Worst Supporting Actress
Worst Director
Worst Screen Combo
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
The Razzie Redeemer Award
Retired awards
Worst Original Song
Worst New Star
Worst Musical Score

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Montez Sweat Jay Gruden Adonis Alexander Sports Athlete injuries Athlete health NFL football Professional football Football
Redskins' Alexander sees specialist, out 2 weeks with injury
By STEPHEN WHYNO - Aug. 04, 2019 12:37 PM EDT
File-This Dec. 30, 2018, file photo shows, Washington Redskins defensive back Adonis Alexander warming up prior to an NFL football game in Landover, Md. Alexander is expected to miss at least two weeks with a right quadriceps injury. Coach Jay Gruden confirmed the injury timeline Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. Alexander has missed several practices in a row. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Washington Redskins cornerback Adonis Alexander is expected to miss at least two weeks with a right quadriceps injury.
Coach Jay Gruden confirmed the injury timeline on Sunday. Alexander hasn't practiced since Tuesday, when he left the field during the team's afternoon walkthrough.
Two people with knowledge of the situation say Alexander left training camp to see a specialist in New York, where he received treatment for the injury. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the treatment.
Alexander returned to Richmond on Thursday sporting a brace on his right leg. Given the prognosis, he'll likely miss Washington's first preseason game at Cleveland on Thursday and potentially its second game, at home against Cincinnati on Aug. 15.
The 22-year-old Virginia Tech product played nine games last season after the Redskins selected him in the sixth round of the 2018 supplemental draft. He is in a difficult competition for a roster spot at a crowded position.
First-round pick Montez Sweat remains sidelined from team drills because of a calf injury, though Gruden dismissed concern about the possibility of the edge rusher missing extended time.


Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen made this year's Forbes 400 list as the world's richest cryptocurrency tycoon.
Forbes estimates that Larsen's total net worth is $US2.1 billion.
Larsen's addition to the list is noteworthy: He's the first person to ever make the list with a fortune amassed almost exclusively from cryptocurrencies.
Forbes estimates Larsen's current net worth to be $US2.1 billion. While that may seem like a lot, it's a steep decline from what Forbes' estimated to be Larsen's total $US37.3 billion net worth in January of this year.
As the co-founder of the payment network Ripple, Larsen has accumulated a reported5.19 billion XRP tokens – the digital token issued by Ripple – since it was founded in 2012. In January, XRP tokens were trading at around $US2.39, nearly four times as high as Thursday's value of 53 cents.
Today, Larsen's $US2.1 billion is an impressive, but volatile fortune. And Larsen isn't the only one to make it big in Ripple's earnings. Ripple's current CEO Brad Garlinghouse was estimated to have a net worth of $US9.5 billion in January as well. But today, Garlinghouse's accumulated fortune wasn't enough to make the cut for Forbes' 400 list, for which the minimum bar is $US2.1 billion.


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WATCH: Woman takes rubber bullet to the face during Eersterust protest
An elderly woman was allegedly shot with rubber bullets by metro police while standing outside her home during protests in Eersterust.
Eersterust residents in Pretoria on Wednesday morning protested a lack of service delivery, lack of housing for the poor and constant electricity outages, and one nonparticipating resident got injured by police firing rubber bullets.
According to the woman, police started firing rubber bullets indiscriminately. She claims she was standing outside her house watching the protest, and was not involved herself.
Then one of the rubber bullets hit her in the face, which she handled calmly despite the bleeding gash.
READ MORE: Pupil, 12, runs for his life from Eersterust protesters so he can write exams
At 3am, the residents had already begun their protest, closing all roads leading into the community, burning tyres and preventing vehicles from leaving the area.
Among those barred from leaving the community were schoolchildren writing midyear exams. Some people's cars got damaged amid the chaos.
The residents claim they have been forgotten by the government and the City of Tshwane, and it does not matter whether they vote for the DA or the ANC.
They also accused the City of Tshwane of ignoring them, hence the three to four power failures a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oF6ZsXchqM&feature=youtu.be
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STONECOAST MFA VIRTUAL WRITING SERIES
In an effort to connect our community and continue learning together from afar, Stonecoast is launching a monthly writing session led by a faculty member or guest instructor! Aaron Hamburger (Fiction, Creative Nonfiction) kicked off our first session in April with a fantastic Mindfulness and Creative Writing class. We are thrilled to present Susan Conley (Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Writing for Social Change) on Monday, May 18th, with "Voice Across Genre: Tone and Pitch and How to Really Say What You Are Feeling," followed by Justin Tussing (Stonecoast Director) on Monday, June 8th, with a pre-residency generative writing session.
Information and Zoom links will be distributed to current students and faculty via email, and to the greater community via the Stonecoast Portland Meetup group and the Friends of Stonecoast MFA Facebook Group. If you are unable to access any of these platforms, email Special Projects Coordinator Jenny O'Connell (jennifer.a.oconnell@maine.edu) to be added to the list.
You can also receive weekly writing prompts from faculty on the Stonecoast Facebook Page.
Natalie Harris-Spencer (Fiction) has been selected by Oyster River Pages for publication under their "Emerging Fiction Voices" category, established to showcase new writers who are just beginning to submit their work to journals. Her short story "Fish Out of Water" will be published in the Fourth Annual Issue of Oyster River Pages, due Summer 2020 (publication details to follow). ORP is a literary journal that embraces the reality that the personal has become the political and actively seeks to publish those who bring balance and diversity to historical institutions of power.
Nina Lichtenstein (Creative Nonfiction) recently had another piece up on the Brevity blog about how the lockdown has provided her with a much welcomed focus on writing, stripped of the otherwise regular and non-essential diversions. She has also embarked on a new project and is looking for contributors: If you know someone who is a Jew by choice, the planned anthology Our Stories, Our Tribe: Personal Essays by Converts to Judaism is looking for diverse voices in essays between 1500-4000 words. Email Nina (nblichtenstein@gmail.com) if you would like a copy of the Call for Submissions to share.
Elizabeth Searle (Fiction, Playwriting, Popular Fiction, Scriptwriting) was happy that her novel We Got Him was chosen to be featured in April on Snowflakes in a Blizzard, which highlights books by Indie press writers. As noted in this piece, We Got Him, which was published by New Rivers Press, is also out in a 2018 audiobook version—published and narrated by star Stonecoast alumna Tanya Eby and her audiobook company, Blunder Woman Productions.
The film short The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, adapted by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Creative Nonfiction, S'15) from her memoir of the same title, won a Special Jury Mention from the ÉCU—The European Independent Film Festival in Paris, and an Honorable Mention from the USA Film Festival's International Short Film & Video Competition in Dallas, Texas.
Jennifer Marie Brissett (Popular Fiction, S'11) made a guest post called "The Sophomore Book" about writing her next book on Fantasy Cafe for Women in SF&F Month. She also had a new poem published by The Free Library of the Internet Void called "Remember." And AAWW Radio posted Breaking into Speculative Fiction, a panel discussion with Jenn and Malka Older, moderated by Tim O'Connell.
j brooke's (Poetry, S'19) essay "Hybrid" was the Nonfiction Winner for Columbia Journal's Womxn's History Month Special Issue.
Renee S. DeCamillis (Popular Fiction, W'14) is excited to announce that she has found a means to get out and share her book The Bone Cutters during this pandemic. From May 11 to June 11, Renee is doing an online book tour, where her work will be featured on 50+ blogs. There will be a video reading, an interview, an excerpt or two, as well as free giveaways. Here is the link to find out how and where to check it all out. Stay safe, everyone!
teri elam's (Poetry, S19) poetry manuscript was recently named a semi-finalist for the Two Sylvias Press Wilder Prize. During April, a film based on her poem "Butterflies" premiered during Visual Poetry Project's online film celebration of National Poetry Month.
Andrea Lani (Fiction, W'14) was thrilled to have her essay "Faith in a Seed," about motherhood and the extinction and rebirth of the American chestnut tree, published in the current issue of Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability.
Alison McMahan's (Popular Fiction, W'10) short story "Harlem in Havana" was released April 7, 2020, in the anthology The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter, published by Untreed Reads. Anthology authors Alison, Alan Orloff, and Elaine Viets taught a class on Writing Suspense via Zoom on April 26, 2020.
Ellen Meeropol (Fiction, W'06) and Robin Talbot (Stonecoast Associate Director) invite the Stonecoast community to a Virtual Book Event at PRINT Bookstore in Portland on May 13, 2020, at 7:00 pm. Co-hosted by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA) via Zoom, Ellen will read from her new novel, Her Sister's Tattoo, and talk with Robin. To register, visit here or here.
John Christopher Nelson's (Fiction, S'15) stories "Sola Fide" (originally featured in the summer 2016 issue of Able Muse), "Avoidance," and "Meaning As Use" are all featured as the fiction portion of Lights, the inaugural issue of Pleasure Boat Studio's new zine, available as a free PDF. John also read his story "Good Friday," originally featured in Volume VI of The New Guard, on Good Friday for West Seattle's own Pegasus Book Exchange.
Jenny O'Connell's (Creative Nonfiction, S'17) recent tribute to the late, great Ryan West—which doubles as an ode to the ultimate frisbee community—was published in Ultiworld magazine. Her essay "Valley of the Bulls" won the 2019 Appalachia Journal Humor in the Wild Contest, and is now available in print. An outdoor contributor for Maine Magazine, Jenny's profile on camp owner and adventurer Chloë Rowse was published in March, and she has a forthcoming feature on ice climbing in Maine later this year. In April, Jenny signed with agents Jamie Chambliss and Steve Troha of Folio Literary Management, who will represent her book project, Finding Petronella.
Suri Parmar (Popular Fiction, W'17) was recently awarded a media grant from the Ontario Arts Council for her experimental short You're Smart, her first foray into non-narrative filmmaking. While production is presently on hold due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she hopes to complete her film in the following year.
Three short pieces from sid sibo's (Fiction, W'19) in-process collection Familiar: Stories have been awarded the Neltje Blanchan Memorial award from the Wyoming Arts Council for best writing "informed by a relationship with the natural world." Two other stories from the collection have earned Honorable Mentions, one of which, "Bull," will be published online in Cutthroat magazine. The pen name can be traced to Stonecoast 2019 alum sidney woods.
Patricia Smith's (Poetry, S'08; former faculty member) poem "Now He's an Etching" appeared in The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day email for Thursday, April 16th.; the poem can be read and heard on the poets.org website.
Jacob Strunk (Fiction, W'07) was featured in April's Voyage LA, an online magazine celebrating the artists and eccentrics that define Los Angeles. The profile features no revelatory bombshells, but there are some fun photos.
Lisa C. Taylor (Poetry, S'04) will have upcoming poetry published in Lily Poetry Review and Soul-Lit. Her book review of Rebecca Foust's The Unexploded Ordnance Bin was published in Mom Egg Review in April. Lisa's short story "Lucky" was shortlisted in the 2020 Fish Short Fiction contest, judged by Colum McCann. She has been a mentor through the AWP W2W program this spring, working with a fiction writer from Georgia. And Lisa will have a new collection of poetry published by Arlen House/Syracuse University Press in the spring of 2021.
Rhiannon J. Taylor's (Popular Fiction, S'19, writing as R. J. Howell) dark fantasy/horror story "What You Lost in the Wildermere" has been published by Arsenika in their sixth issue. Additionally, her story "Parasites" is forthcoming from Frozen Wavelets.
As reported by Locus, Erin Underwood (Popular Fiction, S'09) won the 2020 Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF), which sends a fan from North America to CoNZealand, the 78th Worldcon. Paul Weimer, the North American DUFF administrator, said, "With ConZealand being a virtual Worldcon this year and Corvid-19, Erin will not be traveling to New Zealand this year, but hopes to travel to Australasia in the DUFF tradition in 2021, health and world events permitting." Erin will also take over from Weimer as the new North American administrator.
Marco Wilkinson (Creative Nonfiction, S'13) is now the nonfiction editor at The Los Angeles Review. He is looking for fresh, engaging essays; in particular at this moment, he'd love to read about life during COVID-19. You can submit here.
Tagged as Aaron Hamburger, Alison McMahan, Andrea Lani, Elisabeth Tova Bailey, Elizabeth Searle, Ellen Meeropol, Erin Underwood, J Brooke, Jacob Strunk, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Jenny O'Connell, John Christopher Nelson, Justin Tussing, Lisa C. Taylor, Marco Wilkinson, Natalie Harris-Spencer, Nina Lichtenstein, Patricia Smith, Renee S. DeCamillis, Rhiannon J. Taylor, Robin Talbot, sid sibo, Suri Parmar, Susan Conley, Tanya Eby, teri elam


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Q: Why captureOutput is never called? I'm trying to make a simple console program for macOS, which should take one image with built in camera and save it to photo library.
Here is a complete code for that program:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <Photos/Photos.h>

volatile int a = 0;

@interface PhotoCaptureProcessor: NSObject <AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate>

@end

@implementation PhotoCaptureProcessor

- (void)    captureOutput:(AVCapturePhotoOutput *)output
 didFinishProcessingPhoto:(AVCapturePhoto *)photo
                    error:(NSError *)error {

    NSLog(@"Called\n");

    if(error) {
        return;
    }

    [[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{

        [[PHAssetCreationRequest creationRequestForAsset] addResourceWithType:PHAssetResourceTypePhoto
                                                                         data:[photo fileDataRepresentation]
                                                                      options:nil];

    } completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError * _Nullable error) {
        if(error) {
            NSLog(@"Error saving photo\n");
        }
        a = 1;
    }];
}

@end

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    @autoreleasepool {
        AVCaptureSession *captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
        AVCaptureDevice *videoDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];

        NSError *error = nil;
        AVCaptureDeviceInput *inputVideoDevice = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:videoDevice error:&error];

        [captureSession beginConfiguration];
        if(inputVideoDevice) {
            if([captureSession canAddInput:inputVideoDevice]) {
                [captureSession addInput:inputVideoDevice];
            }
        }
        else {
            return 1;
        }

        AVCapturePhotoOutput *photoOutput = [[AVCapturePhotoOutput alloc] init];
        if(photoOutput) {
            if([captureSession canAddOutput:photoOutput]) {
                [captureSession addOutput:photoOutput];
            }
        }
        captureSession.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetPhoto;
        [captureSession commitConfiguration];

        [captureSession startRunning];

        while(![captureSession isRunning]){
            NSLog(@"Still not running\n");
        }

        AVCapturePhotoSettings *photoSettings = [[AVCapturePhotoSettings alloc] init];
        PhotoCaptureProcessor *photoProcessor = [[PhotoCaptureProcessor alloc] init];
        [photoOutput capturePhotoWithSettings:photoSettings delegate:photoProcessor];

        while(!a){

        }
    }

    return 0;
}

After calling method startRunning little light on my Mac camera turns green (which I believe tells that camera is in use). Unfortunately, method captureOutput from PhotoCaptureProcessor, which is my delegate, is never called. If I right click on captureOutput and then click on Go To Definition it takes me to captureOutput in AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate (so I believe method signature is fine).
Can anyone tell what am I doing wrong?

A: The API is working but as no access is granted or requested it will not execute.
in Info.plist make an Entry for NSCameraUsageDescription and/or NSMicrophoneUsageDescription.Write a short message that will be presented when the dialog for user consent pops up that explains why you want access.
typedef void(^ConsentCompletionBlock)(void);

-(void)requestUserConsentFor:(AVMediaType)mediatype completion:(ConsentCompletionBlock)block {
    if (@available(macOS 10.14, *)) { // || @available(iOS 7.0, *)
        // Request permission to access the camera and/or microphone.
        switch ([AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:mediatype]) {
            case AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized: {
                NSLog(@"access is granted by user.");
                break;
            }
            case AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined: {
                NSLog(@"oops, users consent not known yet, asking user!");
                [AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:mediatype completionHandler:^(BOOL granted) {
                    if (granted) {
                        block();
                        return;
                    }
                    NSLog(@"oops, no access granted");
                }];
                break;
            }
            case AVAuthorizationStatusDenied: {
                NSLog(@"rrrgh, user did not allow access");
                return;
            }
            case AVAuthorizationStatusRestricted: {
                NSLog(@"ok, access is restricted");
                return;
            }
        }
    } else block(); //fallback for older systems
}

to use like..
[self requestUserConsentFor:AVMediaTypeVideo completion:^{
    //dont forget UI work needs main thread.
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self yourSessionSetupStuffMethod];
    });
}];

short reminder, this will not keep your app running.
Signing&Capabilities places the needed Entries in the Info.plist before copying it into your app Contents folder. if there is no Info.plist you have to tell the OS the consent rule manually or find another way. This is because we dont want any open door for any kind of code that could access cam/mic without consent. The above code actually places the granted consent in the right place.. if you are able to run it but it will need the strings provided to know what to tell the user whats it for.
as you pointed out it is a "Single File Tool" that has no Info.plist read about placing the Info.plist data directly into your binary. As it is just an Info and should never be edited at runtime this should work.
and you are not alone with this trouble
PS: the above block declaration allows to wrap your actual code so it will not execute when the permission is not granted earlier or from last run or right before the block could be executed. This should safe you from crashing. Be aware that on older systems that did not need permissions for this would just invoke the block as fallback.

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import Ember from 'ember';
import layout from '../templates/components/image-drop';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  layout: layout,
  classNames: ['ember-image-drop'],
  attributeBindings: ['style'],
  placeholder: "",
  helpText: "Drop your image here, or click to select",
  hideTextOnImage: true,

  image: null,
  file: null,

  textStyle: Ember.computed('image', function() {
    let textStyle = "";
    if (this.get('hideTextOnImage') && this.get('image')) {
      textStyle = "display: none;";
    }
    return Ember.String.htmlSafe(textStyle);
  }),

  style: Ember.computed('image', function() {
    let backgroundStyle = "";
    if (this.get('image')) {
      backgroundStyle =  `background-image: url(${this.get('image')});`;
    }

    return Ember.String.htmlSafe(backgroundStyle);
  }),

  setup: Ember.on('willInsertElement', function() {
    const $input = this.$('input');
    $input.on('change', (event) => {
      this.handleFileDrop(event.target.files[0]);
      this.resetInputElement($input);
    });
  }),

  resetInputElement(inputElement) {
    inputElement.wrap('<form>').closest('form').get(0).reset();
    inputElement.unwrap();
  },

  handleFileDrop(file) {
    if (file == null) {
      return;
    }

    this.set('file', file);
    var reader = new FileReader();
    reader.onload = (e) => {
      var fileToUpload = e.target.result;
      Ember.run(() => {
        this.set('image', fileToUpload);
      });
    };
    reader.readAsDataURL(file);
  },

  drop(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    if (event.dataTransfer.files && event.dataTransfer.files.length > 0) {
      return this.handleFileDrop(event.dataTransfer.files[0]);
    }

    let imageUrl = event.dataTransfer.getData('URL');

    if (!imageUrl) {
      return;
    }

    this.convertImgToBase64URL(imageUrl, (base64) => {
      this.set('image', base64);
    });
  },

  convertImgToBase64URL(url, callback, outputFormat) {
    var img = new Image();
    img.crossOrigin = 'Anonymous';
    img.onload = function(){
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Here's an excerpt from The High Cost of Ambivalence, Dan Dumas' contribution to the July issue of Tabletalk.
Walking away from gospel orthodoxy or disconnecting from the stream of church history should strike terror in our hearts. But because of personal compromise, far too many believers are found "walking in the counsel of the wicked, standing in the path of sinners and seated with the scoffers" rather than defending the faith to the death.
When was the last time you thought deeply about the consequences of "little" erroneous theological decisions that can subtly distort both your faith and practice? The Apostle Paul's grave concern in 2 Corinthians 11:3 was that we would be so easily led astray by the Devil from our "simplicity and devotion to Christ." The pastor who lacks theological discretion is of all men most pitied.
Continue reading The High Cost of Ambivalence.


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Touhou Kishinjou ~ Double Dealing Character Pc Free Game
The fourteenth main entry in the Touhou series of vertical danmaku shooters.
Rated: 70%
Touhou Shinreibyou ~ Ten Desires Free Install
PROLOGUE The story begins with a peaceful day in Gensokyo, when suddenly an abundance of divine spirits show up. The four heroines, Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sanae Kochiya and Youmu Konpaku are finding this unusual. Depending on who you choose, one of them goes out to investigate. MAIN SCENARIO The heroine first investigates in Hakugyokurou and encounters Yuyuko Saigyouji. The heroine accuses Yuyuko of not taking care of the spirits properly. Yuyuko has a small battle with the heroine. Yuyuko is defeated and states that they are actually 'divine spirits', and Yuyuko doesn't know much about them. Yuyuko suggests they may be from the graveyard of the Myouren Temple. As the heroine heads to the temple, she runs into Kyouko Kasodani, the guard of the Myouren Temple. Kyouko is quickly defeated and the heroine heads on. The heroine heads inside the temple. While investigating, she encounters Kogasa Tatara, who claims to be attempting to scare Byakuren, but is being stopped by a guard. Kogasa asks the heroine to banish the guard, however the heroine attacks Kogasa. Once Kogasa is defeated, the heroine meets the guard, Yoshika Miyako. Yoshika was resurrected to guard the mausoleum. Yoshika is ultimately defeated and the heroine enters the mausoleum. Once the heroine made it into the mausoleum, the heroine finds that there are more divine spirits. The heroine encounters Seiga Kaku. It is then revealed that Seiga resurrected Yoshika in order to make sure the mausoleum is guarded. With the assistance of Yoshika, Seiga battles the heroine. The heroine defeats the pair and proceeds further into the mausoleum. The heroine goes in further and meets Soga no Tojiko, who attacks the heroine. Tojiko is quickly defeated and the heroine continues investigating. Eventually, the heroine encounters Mononobe no Futo. The heroine fights with Futo and Futo is ultimately defeated. At last, the heroine heads into the deepest part of the mausoleum and sees a ton of divine spirits. As the heroine makes her way through, she encounters a holy saint, Toyosatomimi no Miko. Miko had just been resurrected and it turns out that the divine spirits were gathering to witness the resurrection of their holy saint, Miko. The heroine and Miko have a fierce battle. The heroine is victorious.
Rated: 69.7927%
Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons Free Download
Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons is the 16th game in the Touhou Project series. It was announced on the developer ZUN's blog on April 20, 2017. A playable demo was released on May 7, 2017, at Reitaisai 14, and the full version was released at Comiket 92 on August 11, 2017. The game was released on Steam worldwide on November 17, 2017, becoming the first game in the series to be available on the platform.
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Free Download
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom is the fifteenth official installment of the Touhou Project. It was announced by ZUN on his personal blog on April 22, 2015, at 20:57 JST. A playable demo was released in May 10, 2015, at Reitaisai 12.
Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Free
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Super Mario Bros. Crossover PC Install
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Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded PC Install
During the first half of the 21st century, the war on terror became a global phenomenon, as more blatant and frenzied attacks struck deeper into the lives of common people. Inevitably, the public outcry to stop the madness grew to an irresistible level; the military forces of the world slowly but steadily retooled their approach, weapons, and tactics to combat people who were willing to die for their cause. One of the consequences was the harassment of civilians on an unprecedented scale, leaving destruction and misery in its wake. The world was soon rebuilt and a new age of prosperity and technological progress began. Science focused on creating a viable fusion power source and new technologies which would exploit this new power. A group of corporations was granted almost total freedom in order to pursue these goals. This may have seemed dangerous a hundred years ago, but in 2112 it was considered appropriate and was supposed to foster creativity and growth on an unprecedented scale. It didn't.
Alien Hallway 2 Free Install
We're happy to present a new game in the Alien Shooter universe! Get prepared to unique tactical gameplay, lots of monster types and 8 fighter types allowing you create your own style of completing missions and defeating bosses.
Alien Shooter Free
Alien Shooter is an top-down shooter video game from Sigma Team created in 2003. It is the first title in the Alien Shooter series to be followed by Alien Shooter: Vengeance. Alien Shooter has two expansions, Fight for Life and The Experiment. They each contain five new levels, including the conclusion to the alien shooter story.
Black Mesa Free Download
Black Mesa is a re-envisioning of Valve Software's classic science fiction first person shooter, Half-Life. Powered by Source Engine, You will re-visit the inaugural role of Gordon Freeman and his memorable journey through the Black Mesa Research Facility. Expect detailed environments to explore, a huge cast of characters and experimental weaponry. All-new music, voice acting, choreography and added dialogue give way to a more expansive and immersive experience than ever before.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Season 3 Free Download
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout brings its Season 3 with seven new levels and 30 more costumes in a winter-wonderland themed battle royale.
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Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes Free Download
In Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes, players return to the world of adventure game hit Edna & Harvey: The Breakout. Be prepared to meet many old friends and discover many new hand-made cartoon locations, realized in full HD glory! Lilli, a young girl at a convent school, is the main character of Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes. Seemingly the best-behaved little girl in the world, she executes all her chores in a diligent manner, no matter how unfair they may be. Her innocent, imperturbable way of carrying out the orders of others has something both tragic and eerie about it. Any angry thoughts, any childlike disobedience is buried deep beneath a seemingly impenetrable surface of sweetness. But how long will these feelings stay hidden? And where do the friendly little gnomes come from that paint over everything unpleasant in Lilli's vicinity with a pleasant pink color? Are they real or just a product of her subconscious?
N1RV Ann-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action PC Install
"Escape from VA11 HALL-A's Glitch City to Saint Alicia, an idyllic tourist paradise with an upscale bar called N1RV Ann-A. But opulence and extravagance are merely smokescreens: the artificial island hides a seedy underbelly. Its dystopian economy touches all aspects of life as bar patrons contend with mafia extortion, human trafficking and other sordid crimes. For bartender Sam, trouble hits close to home. Her relationship with her partner Leon, who moonlights as a Yakuza, is on the rocks as she works hard to care for their 8-year-old son, Tony. Is their relationship dead in the waters of the caribbean sea? Or will love prevail in the unnatural city?"
Cyberpunk 3776 PC Install
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
CAR TUNE: Project Pc Free Game
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Sigma recently completed the last two infill buildings for Fountains in the Green in Phoenix which were 100% occupied upon delivery.
With a continued increase of new residents to Phoenix and a lower than national average cost of doing business, there is increasing attraction for the relocation of financial, professional and manufacturing firms. According to Moody's there are 14,500 units currently underway and more are needed for our net migration trends.
In addition to completing this project, Sigma is currently working on two new multifamily projects with a local developer.


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Sabu incited state-sponsored attack for US Government
August 30, 2013 By Pierluigi Paganini
Former LulzSec leader Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur) accused by the hacker Jeremy Hammond to have incited state-sponsored attack for the U.S. Government.
LulzSec was a popular group of hacktivists that breached many high profile targets during the last years, we all remember the Sony Pictures occurred in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking down many other notorious targets such as AT&T, Viacom, Disney, EMI, and NBC Universal, The Sun, The Times and the CIA.
But we all remembers LulzSec for one of its leaders Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as "Sabu" , that once arrested decided to collaborate with law enforcement to track down other component of the collective belonging to Anonymous. Thanks to the information provided by Sabu various members of the popular group of hacktivists have been identified and arrested, the man is now awaiting trial and its sentence has again been delayed. Sabu pleaded guilty to a dozen criminal counts two years prior and he risks a maximum sentence of more than 124 years, despite numerous security experts are convinced that the help provided for the arrest of its colleagues will give him a highway exit.
My readers are reminded that early 2012 I speculated that the Anonymous collective, or some of its most active branches, could be used for state-sponsored operations. To confirm my speculation there are the revelations of another member of Lulzsec, the hacker Jeremy Hammond, who sustains that the FBI used Sabu to coordinate attacks against foreign governments.
Hammond pleaded guilty in May for the data breach of private intelligence firm Stratfor, the attacks exposed millions of revelatory emails. The young guy is waiting also for his sentence, scheduled for 15th November 2013, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
The scenario is not a fiction, the support of the group of hackers capable to virtually attack any infrastructure on the Internet is considerable strategical for US cyber units, guys like Sabu have had the power to influence large masses of unaware hacktivists that convinced to take part to an Anonymous campaign, in reality have supported tactical operation of US governments.
The involvement of groups of hacktivists such as Anonymous has numerous advantage, low costs, no official liability for the attacks and the opportunity to exploit them to hide more sophisticated attacks conducted by government cyber units.
The infiltration of the collective may have been, and still today, a strategic goal of U.S. Intelligence, of course also any other governments could have used a similar strategy to attack its adversary in the cyberspace.
Jeremy Hammond released a statement on Thursday accusing the US government of asking Sabu to recruit fellow hacktivists to infiltrate foreign government entities.
"I write this in advance of the sentence of Hector Monsegur, aka "Sabu" – a former Anonymous comrade turned FBI informant – scheduled to take place on August 23, 2013. It is widely known that Sabu was used to build cases against a number of hackers, including myself. What many do not know is that Sabu was also used by his handlers to facilitate the hacking of targets of the government's choosing – including numerous websites belonging to foreign governments. What the United States could not accomplish legally, it used Sabu, and by extension, me and my co-defendants, to accomplish illegally. The questions that should be asked today go way beyond what an appropriate sentence for Sabu might be: Why was the United States using us to infiltrate the private networks of foreign governments? What are they doing with the information we stole? And will anyone in our government ever be held accountable for these crimes?"
The involvement of influenced group of hacktivist could be an excellent option for the organization of PSYOPs operation, interfering with the choice of targets, usually made by leaders such as Sabu, could allow a governments to modify the sentiment of the population of a foreign country on specific topics.
For sure this abuse of hacktivist movements has been a long debated by Intelligence agencies and probably Hammond is speaking with knowledge of the causes.
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Several men in their prime, successful and well off, are gruesomely murdered – and although they live in different towns, they all met a mysterious dark-haired woman shortly before they died. Yet the woman remains a phantom, as even inspector Walter Pulaski in Leipzig and Evelyn Meyers in Vienna, who are both involved in the cases, have to admit.
"A successful sequel, suspenseful to the final page!"


Injuries suffered in an accident caused by the negligence of someone else can change your life. What do you need to recover from a catastrophic injury? Compensation that pays the bills is a start. It can ease some concerns as you adapt to a new reality.
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Italian fashion brand Diesel will create its own retail network in India through its alliance with Reliance Brands, hoping to surmount the absence of upmarket department stores such as Harvey Nichols or Bloomingdale's that befit its brand status.
Diesel Fashion India Reliance, a 51:49 venture between Diesel and Reliance Brands, will open five single brand stores across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad over the next three months, hoping to lure fashion-conscious Indians to buy items that can cost anywhere between Rs 2,200 and Rs 60,000 a piece.
The first such store spread over three levels and across 7,500 sq ft, is to open next month at Juhu in Mumbai.
Darshan Mehta, Reliance Brands CEO says, "Global stores offer a choice of brands, a store environment and a level of service, but such outlets are yet to evolve in India." Adding that Diesel had no choice but build its own retail channel through mono brand stores.


Nowadays, mobile technology is quickly developing. Hire android programmer app developers who neglect to stay aware of the most recent advancements will blur route because of an expanded challenge. Any application development organisation can't stand to miss out in the interest of these mechanical trends. Android app development has experienced massive change. Here are the absolute most noteworthy Android app development trends that you can expect in 2019.
AMP (Application Performance Management) listings were incorporated into Google seek in 2016, and from that point forward developers have not thought back.
By instilling these inside the app framework, developers have possessed the capacity to utilise this came down variant of HTML for better client experience and maintenance, with Facebook Instant Articles being one of the numerous success stories.
These checking instruments and measurements that assistance settle bottlenecks as improve generally speaking performance are expected to wind up a staple by 2019.
Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning have delved their heels further into mobile apps that we may have figured it out. Human-made intelligence makes itself show as chatbots. Siri is, actually, one of the most significant evidence of why Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are particularly a piece of mobile apps and ones that can't be isolated at this point.
The rising interest for Machine Learning and AI as virtual assistants and chatbots is what we're taking a gander at, and that is the thing that 2019 will bring for us.
App developers must focus on creating apps for wearable devices.
As of now, it's for the most part horology and wellness industry that are looking towards smartwatches. However, a couple of huge names like Zomato and Uber have put resources into wearable app development. Albeit, like most, they just have scratched the dull surface.
2019 guarantees to bring more wearables – watches, wellness groups, development trackers, and the sky's the limit from there.
According to Statista, the worldwide Chatbot showcase is anticipated to develop to 1250 million U.S. dollars by 2025 – a bounce of over 1000 million U.S. dollars from 2016. One can derive that chatbots are exceptionally well a piece of the digital reality now.
Chatbots will presently act (in reality are as of now acting) as virtual assistants inside mobile applications. Because of the advancement in AI, it is currently a single occupation to coordinate chatbots inside apps without including complex coding.
A somewhat intriguing infographic Digital Commerce proposes that the same number of as half of the B2B purchasers favour self-benefit CRM. Chatbots is the better approach to broaden that kind of customer relationship management.
'Pokémon Go' may have been a brief tempest on the eastern seaboard, yet AR and VR are digging in for the long haul. Anticipated to procure over $200 billion in revenues by 2020, developers are relied upon to make amazing mobile app encounters in AR and VR, and with compatible equipment entering the market, we can hardly wait to kick this gathering off.
Frictionless payment strategies are what customers request from all the apps they use. There has been a progressive yet noteworthy change in the manners in which that clients like to shop. We've gradually moved from money to credit/charge, to mobile wallets, and digital currencies.
Mobile trade has, along these lines, successfully, turn into a favoured shopping mode. Along these lines, for organisations, to have the capacity to make an incredible app encounter, integrating payment gateways just as mobile wallets (like Amazon Pay, Google Wallet, PayPal, and many more) that give secure encryption will end up a staple in 2019.
It took years, yet the world is at last awakening to the likely outcomes offered by cloud registering and integration. Streamlining tasks, decreased expenses in facilitating, better stockpiling, and stacking limit, alongside expanded client maintenance, are few of the numerous points of interest of creating mobile apps over the cloud.
2016 saw the introduction of moment apps — local mobile applications that are little in size than expected apps, easy to use, and profoundly convenient because there is, well, only no requirement for downloading. As the name recommends, they can be gotten to in a split second with no download by any means.
With clients continually requesting better client encounter and shorter load times, moment apps are undoubtedly the pattern that 2019 will greet, and for good, along these lines disposing of the holding up time required in the establishment.
Indeed, we realise it is just the same old thing new, however with Uber leaving the figurative storage room and tolerating the hacking, and even Facebook and Google admitting their security slips, app developers will look put more in cybersecurity, given it is correctly connected to clients' information security and insurance laws.
The best personalities in the business should raise the stakes to muffle the vulnerability around mobile apps.


The Printing Division at Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) has consolidated its position as a leader in commercial printing by commissioning digital printers and a collating machine. The machines were commissioned on the 15th of February, 2018.
print brochures, modules, magazines and examinations.
collate multi-page documents, bulk reports, receipts or handouts preparing them for binding or storage.
All this is in fulfilment of our vision "to create and protect value through world class smart solutions".


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Kirkwood v. Jefferson Cnty., et al, No. 09-15-00296-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 1450 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Feb. 11, 2016, no pet.)
In January 2010, Jefferson County brought an action for unpaid property taxes against Gleason, the owner of certain property, and obtained a default judgment. In August 2010, Gleason sold her property to Kirkwood by warranty deed with an agreement that Kirkwood would be responsible for all delinquent taxes. In March 2013, the County sold the property at a tax sale. Kirkwood filed a petition for bill of review because he was not given notice of the tax sale. The County had provided notice to Gleason, the prior owner, but not to Kirkwood. The County filed motions to dismiss for lacking of standing and lack of jurisdiction. The trial court granted the motions to dismiss, and Kirkwood appealed.
On appeal, Kirkwood claimed the trial court erred in granting the motion to dismiss for lack of standing because he was the property owner at the time of the tax sale and his due process rights were violated by the lack of notice. Kirkwood further argued that the County was on notice of Kirkwood's ownership because the County had accepted partial payments toward the delinquent taxes from Kirkwood. The court of appeals agreed, holding that Kirkwood could challenge the sale as the owner of the property because his due process rights were violated. While notice to Gleason, the defendant in the delinquent tax suit, would satisfy Texas Property Tax Code § 34.01, Kirkwood was entitled to pursue a cause of action for violation of his due process rights independent of the Property Tax Code.
Kirkwood also argued that the trial court improperly granted the County's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. In its motion, the County argued, and the trial court agreed, that the County was shielded from Kirkwood's claims by governmental immunity. However, the court of appeals held that governmental immunity could not bar Kirkwood's claim for equitable relief based on the County's deprivation of Kirkwood's due process rights. The court of appeals reversed the trial court's orders dismissing Kirkwood's suit and remanded the case to the trial court.


We are delighted that Birthlight teacher Sunny is in training as a Birthlight tutor.
Sunny is a birthlight teacher and course organiser based in Qing-Dao. She offers all birthlight aquatic training courses for baby swimming, toddler swimming, special baby swimming and Aquanatal yoga. Sunny works closely with Judy Kou, course organiser in Taiwan.
Birthlight is extremely grateful to Sunny in gaining official recognisation with the Professional Development and Continuous Education Department in China for the Birthlight Baby Swimming quaifications.


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U.S. Births Fell To A 32-Year Low In 2018; CDC Says Birthrate Is In Record Slump
By Bill Chappell • May 15, 2019
In 2018, U.S. birthrates fell for nearly all racial and age groups, the CDC says. Here, mothers and babies attend a yoga class in Culver City, Calif., in March.
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The U.S. birthrate fell again in 2018, to 3,788,235 births — representing a 2% drop from 2017. It's the lowest number of births in 32 years, according to a new federal report. The numbers also sank the U.S. fertility rate to a record low.
Not since 1986 has the U.S. seen so few babies born. And it's an ongoing slump: 2018 was the fourth consecutive year of birth declines, according to the provisional birthrate report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Birthrates fell for nearly all racial and age groups, with only slight gains for women in their late 30s and early 40s, the CDC says.
The news has come as something of a surprise to demographers who say that with the U.S. economy and job market continuing a years-long growth streak, they had expected the birthrate to show signs of stabilizing, or even rising. But instead, the drop could force changes to forecasts about how the country will look — with an older population and fewer young workers to sustain key social systems.
"It's a national problem," says Dowell Myers, a demographer at the University of Southern California.
"The birthrate is a barometer of despair," Myers says in response to the CDC data. Explaining that idea, he says young people won't make plans to have babies unless they're optimistic about the future.
"At first, we thought it was the recession," Myers says of the recent downturn in births. But after a slight rise in 2012, the rate took another nosedive. He adds that by nearly all economic standards — except for high housing costs — birthrates should now be rising.
As for what's behind the negative sentiment among people of childbearing age, Myers cites the current political turmoil and a gloomy outlook for America's future.
"Not a whole lot of things are going good," he says, "and that's haunting young people in particular, more than old people."
Many current or would-be parents also responded to the report Wednesday, using social media to list a string of obstacles to having kids in the U.S., from the frustration of finding child care to high insurance costs and a lack of parental leave and other support systems. And they note that while the national economy has done well, workers' paychecks haven't been growing at the same pace.
As Elena Parent, a state senator in Georgia, wrote on Twitter, "Parents know why the birthrate is falling. Kids are expensive & time-consuming & our society doesn't make it easy."
Another factor, says sociologist Sarah Damaske of Penn State, is job security — even in a time of low unemployment.
"From January 2009 to December 2017, 36.6 million American jobs were lost. That's more jobs than were lost during the Great Recession," Damaske says. "So, even though the unemployment rate is better, companies are still using layoffs to maintain profits at the expense of their workers."
Citing conversations with people who have lost their jobs in the past decade, Damaske — who is writing a book on that subject — says some workers have resigned themselves to the possibility that they might not find stable jobs again.
"When you think you might not be able to find steady work, it's harder to imagine how to form a family," she says.
Part of the trend also reflects a cultural shift, as more Americans delay marriage and child-rearing. While women in their 20s have historically given birth to the most babies in the U.S., women in their early 30s had a higher birthrate in 2017, for the first time ever. And that gap widened in 2018.
In what's widely seen as a bright spot in the CDC's provisional data, teenagers saw another sharp drop in birthrates, falling 7% in 2018 to 17.4 births per 1,000 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19. That rate has now declined by 58% since 2007 and by 72% since 1991.
The rate of cesarean delivery, or C-section, fell to 31.9% in 2018, the CDC says. That's down from a peak of 32.9% in 2009. The rate of cesarean procedures in low-risk cases also decreased, to 25.9% of all deliveries.
From 2017 to 2018, the number of births fell 1% for Hispanic women and 2% for non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black women. The rate fell by 3% for women who are identified as non-Hispanic Asian and non-Hispanic AIAN (American Indian & Alaska Native).
The latest birthrate data put the U.S. further away from a viable replacement rate — the standard for a generation being able to replicate its numbers. The U.S. has generally fallen short of that level since 1971, the CDC says.
The total fertility rate fell to 1,728 births per 1,000 women over their lifetimes — a 2% fall from 2017. That's far below the replacement rate of 2,100 births per 1,000 women.
The Census Bureau has long predicted that America's future population growth will increasingly rely on immigration, despite a fertility rate that has historically been higher than similar developed nations.
According to the census agency's Population Clock, the U.S. is currently gaining one person every 16 seconds — in part because it's adding one international migrant every 34 seconds. Both of those are net results, meaning they account for deaths and outward migration.
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