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Pakistan Military Chief steps in to mend tense ties with Saudi Arabia
For decades, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia link have boasted strong political, economic, and security ties. The relationship has been further strengthened by strong interpersonal connections between Saudi royals and Pakistani civil-military elites. Yet, changing political dynamics in South Asia and the Middle East are increasingly complicating this relationship.
On the political level, the Saudi-Pakistani relationship has been built on numerous interpersonal friendships link. In the past, the friendships between Saudi King Faisal bin Abdulaziz and Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, and later King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and President Pervez Musharraf strongly influenced the bilateral relationship but also political events within Pakistan reported the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
Pakistan FO responds over media reports of back channel diplomacy with India brokered by UAE
The countries also developed a close security partnership and, owing to the unique role of the military in Pakistani politics, it became a vital stakeholder in the relationship with Saudi Arabia; the bilateral relationship has historically been the strongest under military government link in Pakistan. Defense cooperation was formalized by a 1967 accord and the dispatch of Pakistani military and air force trainers to Saudi Arabia. In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, the security understanding between the two sides was enhanced by the 1982 Protocol Agreement link regarding the "Deputation of Pakistani Armed Personnel and Military Training." This resulted in the deployment of nearly 15,000 Pakistani troops to the kingdom. These troops remained in Saudi Arabia for the duration of the Iran-Iraq War.
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In practice, these deputations created a unique bond between the Pakistani security institutions and Saudi royalty. This special relationship was on display when Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz visited link Pakistan's nuclear installations in 1999. As a relatively pro-Iran government link came into power in 2008 in Pakistan after the departure of Musharraf, the military became the principal interlocutor with Saudi Arabia.
This interplay between the civil-military elites in Pakistan and Saudi royalty was visible after the bilateral relationship encountered a crisis sparked when the Pakistani Parliament declined link a Saudi request to send troops to Yemen in 2015 as part of Operation Decisive Storm. The Saudis were particularly dismayed by the lack of support they received from the government of then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was their principal political client link in Pakistan for decades. The relationship improved due to the robust engagement of Pakistan's military leadership and an increase in security cooperation link. Pakistan's successive military chiefs developed a working relationship with the new Saudi defense minister and, subsequently, crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. When he stepped down from his position as Pakistan's army chief, General Raheel Sharif assumed the leadership link of the Saudi-led Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition. He was succeeded by General Qamar Javed Bajwa who had also served in Saudi Arabia for three years. Bajwa has played a key role link in not only promoting Saudi-Pakistani defense ties but also rehabilitating the political side of the partnership, making more than six trips to the kingdom. It was under his leadership that the Pakistani military dispatched a composite brigade link of 1,000 troops to Saudi Arabia. With 1,600 troops already deployed within the kingdom on a training and advisory mission, Pakistan became the only country with a significant foreign force in Saudi Arabia.
But Saudi Arabia's ties with Pakistan's civilian leadership remained strained until Imran Khan became prime minister. Khan managed to establish close ties with Mohammed bin Salman, and he participated in the 2018 Future Investment Initiative summit in Riyadh despite a global boycott link following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The relationship reached a pinnacle when Mohammed bin Salman visited Pakistan in February 2019 and pledged to invest $21 billion link in projects, including the construction of an oil refinery in the port city of Gwadar.
This bilateral warmth started to give way to complications in the aftermath of India's move in August 2019 to annul the special status of its administered state of Kashmir. Pakistan banked on the support of the global Islamic fraternity against India, but the reaction from Saudi Arabia link was muted due to the kingdom's economic ties with India. On the other hand, Turkey, whose relationship with Saudi Arabia has become increasingly contentious, came out strongly in support link of Pakistan's position even when this came at the expense of Turkey's relationship with India.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia approached the brink of a diplomatic crisis when Islamabad agreed with Turkey and Malaysia to hold a summit of Islamic countries in Kuala Lumpur to address issues concerning the Islamic world link. With the inclusion of Qatar and Iran in the platform, Saudi Arabia increasingly viewed the summit as a challenge to its leadership of the Muslim world and an alternative to the Saudi-led Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Pakistani leaders seemed oblivious to these concerns and only withdrew from the event after Saudi Arabia directly communicated its concerns to Pakistani decision makers. This did ease tensions between the two sides and the Saudi foreign minister immediately visited Pakistan and committed to hold an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting on Kashmir link. But the episode put a dent in the personal relationship between Khan and Mohammed bin Salman and they haven't communicated publicly since Khan's December 2019 visit to the kingdom.
As ties with Saudi Arabia became tense, Pakistan's relationship with Turkey blossomed as did the personal chemistry link between Khan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During his February visit to Pakistan, dubbed as a curtain raiser link. by the Pakistani foreign office, Erdogan appealed to Pakistanis when he spoke emphatically on Kashmir and declared it to be as important to Turkey link as it is to Pakistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan also started broadcasting a Turkish television series that depicted the events leading to the founding of the Ottoman Empire. The show, laden with the theme of an Islamic awakening, has enthralled audiences link across Pakistan but, most importantly, has been actively patronized by Khan as well. The celebration of Ottoman legends and a TV show endorsed link by the Turkish president has not gone over well in Saudi Arabia, where it has been banned link .
In the wake of these developments the relationship hit a new low when, in July, Saudi Arabia rescinded a support package it had given to Pakistan in early 2019. This financial aid package link included a $3 billion balance of payments loan and an additional agreement to defer oil payments for one year, valued at $3.2 billion, with a possible 3-year extension. The balance of payments loan had been renewed in January link, but in July Saudi Arabia demanded early repayment; Pakistan received $1 billion from China and is in negotiations with the kingdom on the repayment of the remainder. The deferred oil facility was not renewed after it expired link in May. This swift Saudi pullout from the economic assistance program for Pakistan during the coronavirus pandemic spelled troubled for the partnership.
Tensions increased when the Pakistani foreign minister lamented the lack of Saudi support link on the Kashmir issue and signaled that Pakistan might have to hold a meeting of like-minded powers outside the ambit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
This latest fissure in Saudi-Pakistani ties should be seen in the context of this breakdown in interpersonal connections between the leaders of each country, a lack of any serious Saudi outrage over the Kashmir issue, and the uptick in cooperation between Pakistan and Turkey. Still, it would be unwise to write an obituary for Saudi-Pakistani ties link, which remain deeply rooted and multifaceted link. Pakistan's army chief, General Bajwa, recently visited the kingdom to stabilize the situation and put the relationship back on a mutually beneficial link, but also realistic, pathway. Pakistan's military spokesperson, in an attempt to limit the damage caused by the political leadership, also stressed the unquestionable Saudi centrality link to the Muslim world. On the political front, Pakistani government representatives and political and religious leaders have been meeting with the Saudi ambassador in Islamabad to ease tensions. While these developments suggest that it is unlikely Pakistan will join another regional bloc, it is also unlikely that the structural reasons that triggered the crisis will go away anytime soon. There might also be a civil-military divergence on the matter within Pakistan; Pakistan's foreign minister called upon the Qatari envoy to Islamabad right when Bajwa was meeting Saudi officials in Riyadh.
Pakistan's leadership is in a difficult position as the country has limited leverage with Saudi Arabia and remains dependent upon Saudi economic largesse and expatriate remittances. Pakistan's balancing game in the Middle East may no longer be a viable approach. With the rupture in personal ties between the Saudi crown prince and Pakistani prime minister, the Pakistani military will once again be the central player in this relationship.

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Q: How implement generic repository against mongodb? I am new to mongodb and I am working on mvc4 web application for a new project.
I want to use repository pattern that will talk to a mongodb context for database level communications.
Simple interface that I have used with Entity Framework 4.0 is following. The find members are the problematic area for me. I don't have a clue how to proceed with them with mongodb context.
public interface IRepository<T> where T : class
{
    void Add(T entity);
    void Remove(T entity);
    IQueryable<T> Find(Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate);
    //IQueryable<T> FindAll();

}

I have a very simple model that is called Hero its drive from ImongoEntity which provides a member called accessId.
public class Hero : MongoDB.Kennedy.IMongoEntity
{
    public ObjectId _id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Alias { get; set; }
    public string _accessId { get; set;}
}

Context class is very simple you can see the collection of Heros exposted as IQueryable property.
public class MongoDataConetext: MongoDB.Kennedy.ConcurrentDataContext
{
    public MongoDataConetext(string databaseName, string serverName="localhost") : base(databaseName, serverName)
    {
    }

    public IQueryable<Hero> Heros {
        get {
            return base.GetCollection<Hero>().AsQueryable();
        }
    }
}

Now in my repository most simple methods are add and remove they successfully talk to mongodb context and get entities added or deleted from mongodb. Find method however gives me compiler level errors. I need help for my find and find all method. I am using genrics because I need my repositry class for enties like hero, solution, project, user and category.
public class Repository<T> : IRepository<T> where T : class, IMongoEntity
{
    private readonly MongoDataConetext _ctx;
    public Repository(MongoDataConetext ctx)
    {
        _ctx = ctx;
    }
    public void Add(T entity)
    {
        _ctx.Save(entity);

    }

    public void Remove(T entity)
    {
        _ctx.Delete(entity);
    }

    public IQueryable<T> Find(System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate)
    {
        _ctx.Heros.Where(predicate);
        //throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    //public IQueryable<T> FindAll()
    //{
    //    throw new NotImplementedException();
    //}
}

A: If you are interested in an implementation similar to Rob Connery's and NBlog storage code but using the mongodb csharp driver 2.0 (that is asynchronous), you can look at:
https://github.com/alexandre-spieser/mongodb-generic-repository
You can then write a custom repository inheriting from BaseMongoRepository.
public interface ITestRepository : IBaseMongoRepository
{
    void DropTestCollection<TDocument>();
    void DropTestCollection<TDocument>(string partitionKey);
}

public class TestRepository : BaseMongoRepository, ITestRepository
{
    public TestRepository(string connectionString, string databaseName) : base(connectionString, databaseName)
    {
    }

    public void DropTestCollection<TDocument>()
    {
        MongoDbContext.DropCollection<TDocument>();
    }

    public void DropTestCollection<TDocument>(string partitionKey)
    {
        MongoDbContext.DropCollection<TDocument>(partitionKey);
    }
}

Update: It is now available as its own nuget package:
Install-Package MongoDbGenericRepository

A: It looks like you're trying to use LINQ against your collections. That's perfect. You can do this much easier if you just expose an IQueryable property rather than write a Find() method.
Here's an example from you sample above:
public class HeroRepository : IRepository<Heros> where T : class, IMongoEntity
{
    // ...

    public IQueryable<Heros> Heros
    {
        get
        {
            return _ctx.GetCollection<Heros>().AsQueryable();
            // Careful there, doing this from memory, may be a little off...
        }
    }
}

Of course, then when you consume this class, just do:
var r = new HeroRepository();
var heros = r.Heros.Where(r => r.SuperPowerLevel > 20);

A: Generic
public class MongoDatabase<T> : IDatabase<T> where T : class, new()
    {
        private static string connectionString = "connectionString";

        private static IMongoClient server = new MongoClient(connectionString);

        private string collectionName;

        private IMongoDatabase db;

        protected IMongoCollection<T> Collection
        {
            get
            {
                return db.GetCollection<T>(collectionName);
            }
            set
            {
                Collection = value;
            }
        }

        public MongoDatabase(string collection)
        {
            collectionName = collection;

            db = server.GetDatabase(MongoUrl.Create(connectionString).DatabaseName);
        }

        public IMongoQueryable<T> Query
        {
            get
            {
                return Collection.AsQueryable<T>();
            }
            set
            {
                Query = value;
            }
        }

        public T GetOne(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression)
        {
            return Collection.Find(expression).SingleOrDefault();
        }

        public T FindOneAndUpdate(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression, UpdateDefinition<T> update, FindOneAndUpdateOptions<T> option)
        {
            return Collection.FindOneAndUpdate(expression, update, option);
        }

        public void UpdateOne(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression, UpdateDefinition<T> update)
        {
            Collection.UpdateOne(expression, update);
        }

        public void DeleteOne(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression)
        {
            Collection.DeleteOne(expression);
        }

        public void InsertMany(IEnumerable<T> items)
        {
            Collection.InsertMany(items);
        }

        public void InsertOne(T item)
        {
            Collection.InsertOne(item);
        }
    }

İnterface
public interface IDatabase<T> where T : class, new()
{
    IMongoQueryable<T> Query { get; set; }

    T GetOne(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression);

    T FindOneAndUpdate(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression, UpdateDefinition<T> update, FindOneAndUpdateOptions<T> option);

    void UpdateOne(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression, UpdateDefinition<T> update);

    void DeleteOne(Expression<Func<T, bool>> expression);

    void InsertMany(IEnumerable<T> items);

    void InsertOne(T item);
}

A: I know that It's a quite old post, but I would like to share with you the MongoRepository project implemented at Github or download as a NuGet package
Note: One of the problem that I had trying to implement the MongoDB Repository has been the different behaviour depending on the MongoDB driver version or wich is more or less the same, the .NET Framework. The MongoRepository project (in the link above) has solved this problem whith different code versions for .net 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 frameworks that use different version of MongoDB driver (check MongoDB driver compatibility), wich has been very helpful.

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Why is Africa still too late to adopt Cryptocurrency?
2019-03-22 02:24 pm | Resource: Crypto Section | No Views : 207
Africa continues to dominate Google Trends search for Bitcoin (BTC), but this has not translated into widespread adoption of digital currency by users and businesses, regardless of vague organization and lack of awareness. One of the main reasons for this failure is the widespread use of funds Mobile on the continent.
Africa dominates the search for Bitcoin and relying on it is disappointing
According to Google Trends, the biggest interest in searching for Bitcoin in the world is by potential investors from Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, the three largest digital currency markets in the continent, dominated mostly by stock trading. On a few occasions, Bitcoin can be used as a payment method, mostly for external suppliers.
But despite this world-leading interest, Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in the use and adoption of Bitcoin on a daily basis. The digital currency has found it difficult to break the grip of comfort, simplicity and efficiency that attracts millions of Africans, like magnets, of money. The continent of 1.2 billion people has more than 50 per cent of the world's mobile money services.
For example, with the phone's basic phone, one can send or receive money via SMS anywhere within a particular country, without the need for an Internet connection. In comparison, you will need a smartphone and a secure Internet connection to complete a single transaction in digital currencies, although the use of the Internet has risen sharply over the last 20 years, but users from Africa account for only 10 per cent of the world total, Continuing power supply in many countries is also hampering access to the Internet on which digital currencies depend to a large extent.
Reasons behind the black continent's dependence on digital currency
Vinn Armani, founder and chief technology officer of Cointext, a free online wallet service that allows users to send or receive Bitcoin via SMS - just like mobile money - believes his service could compete with mobile money in Africa, but Cointext is currently available In South Africa alone, and it is not clear how many people actually use the service there, but stressed that the company is ready to issue a major declaration giving them global coverage (in each country).
Another Cointext official explained that:
"We are currently working on a combination that makes us available for smartphones across Africa, and separately we are also working on SMS solutions for a few African countries."
Elisha Aksuo, an influential 17-year-old digital currency investor in Ghana, has made a fortune investing in Bitcoin, and believes digital currencies should be integrated with mobile banking platforms. "
"The power of financial technology to expand access to and use of accounts more convincingly in sub-Saharan Africa" is detailed in the World Bank's Global Findex database, which is detailed in its questionnaire on financial coverage, which found that 21 per cent of adults In the continent they now have a mobile money account, this is almost double the share in 2014 and easily higher than any region in the world.
If this is not enough, digital currencies are likely to have to fight to gain any reasonable market share in African-dominated payment systems, and the region is often described as the next limit for virtual currencies. In Zimbabwe, with Econet Wireless listed on the stock exchange, 95 per cent of the mobile phone market share through the Ecocash platform, a seven-year-old service, is so successful that virtually every government department relies on it for electronic payment.
With more than 6 million users in the southern African country, Ecocash has handled more than $ 23 billion in transactions since its launch in September 2011. It has more than 32,000 dealers throughout Zimbabwe. This is a kind of entrenched competition that digital currencies will have to face. There will be 725 million mobile subscribers in Africa by 2020, according to the GSM Association, which can enter into digital currency or mobile money.
Recordings are cumbersome to use digital currencies
Bernard Barra, a 26-year-old businessman from Lagos, Nigeria, two years ago, founded Bitnob Quickserve, a system that allows Africans to buy and redeem coupons for BTC without having to complete the KYC or AML procedures. Barra assumes that one of the biggest obstacles to the adoption of a digital currency is the maze of checks required by exchanges at registration.
Barra said:
"We believe the service will reduce the entry barrier for many people who wish to experience Bitcoin currencies here in Africa." He added:
"Users need to make it simpler, many users give up for the first time at a time when they need to upload their personal identity details to verify."
Barra also pointed to the fear of losing money without recovery. "Bitcoin's address is like a foreign language for new users." Barra said:
"Many people are not ready to be their own banks, they prefer stability to security, there is a need for greater awareness and education about digital currencies in Africa."
Counterfeit schemes hinder the use of digital currencies in Africa
A series of counterfeit Bitcoin schemes did not help in using digital currency in Uganda, for example, thousands of people fell victim to a number of Ponzi schemes, including the D9 Club, which promised to pay BTC members. The plan, which has now collapsed, is denied as a sports business, promising members huge weekly payments at Bitcoin on an initial investment of $ 250 to $ 2,000.
Chemzi Shota, IT Specialist and Enthusiast for Bitcoin from Nigeria, said:
"Scams give Africa a bad name for digital currencies. As always, regulations have been a thorny problem with Bitcoin's configuration."
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Q: Android Studio memory usage Ubuntu 16 I'm facing an issue when consecutively running my android test class on an emulated device. I notice that after each run my PC RAM usage steadily increases by about 1.1Gb. This happens until my RAM is full, and then I have to restart my Android Studio and Emulator to run the test class smoothly again.
To investigate I looked at my system monitor. In it, my emulator and android studio maintain roughly constant RAM usage after each test class run.
android studio and emulator RAM usage
However my total RAM usage steadily increases after each test class run
3.2 -> 4.3 -> 5.5 -> 6.7 Gb
On my emulated device I see that my app's maximum memory usage has only been 30mb
I have tried clearing memory after each run using echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches and this did not affect RAM usage.
I am running Android Studio 2.2.3 on Ubuntu 16.04. The emulated device I use is Android 7.0 API 24 running on Nexus 5, 1Gb RAM, started in terminal using AVD. The test class I'm running contains UI tests using Espresso.
UPDATE: This happens even when running empty espresso tests on an activity with a blank screen (no views). Please find code here

A: Android Studio needs to use high CPU because of Gradle and it's heavy tools.
Android Emulator needs high CPU too.Use Genymotion instead it.
Your Ram's Minimun must be 8 to run Android Studio fast.
If you have less RAM,It's too hard to work with Android Studio.
I have just 2.7 RAM and I'm forced to use unsupported Eclipse ADT.
To decrease RAM usage:
1-Make Gradle Offline
2-Disable plugins you don't need
3-And Many ways Here:
Android Studio is slow (how to speed up)?
Android studio Gradle build speed up
https://medium.com/@haydar_ai/easy-ways-to-speed-up-android-studio-2fafe1179b43


It's National Volunteer Week, and today we share our appreciation for the CASA of the Year Award winner: Sue Mathews! Each year, this award is presented to someone who has gone above and beyond in their service to CASA and the children we serve.
This year's award goes to Sue Mathews for her outstanding dedication to our program, both inside and outside the courtroom! Sue has all the qualities of an outstanding CASA volunteer. She is caring, honest, forthright, and has a true desire to help abused and neglected children. Sue is a dedicated, hard-working, independent child advocate who goes about her work with little fanfare. However, while Sue is humble and quiet, her advocacy is not. Her determination knows no bounds until the child's best interests are fulfilled.
Sue is willing to take on the hard cases. She is always available for casework, even on extremely short notice, and dedicates herself to the case from start to finish. And her dedication goes beyond the courtroom. She offers help with trainings, stands in for staff, and always says Yes when we ask. She steps in and steps up no matter how great the challenge or how menial the task.
Sue officially received her award at our annual Red Shoe Gala on February 3rd.
Congratulations to Sue Mathews, our CASA Volunteer of the Year!


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Hotel review: Hilton Madrid Airport
26 Jun 2019 by Jenni Reid
Hilton Madrid Airport opened in 2008, and with 284 rooms plus 15 meeting rooms and a ballroom, it is by far the Hilton group's biggest property in the Spanish capital. The other is a boutique-style Doubletree in the centre.
In those 11 years the hotel has established a reputation as a leading conference and events venue, with its extensive facilities and more upmarket suites meaning it can host everyone from sports teams to politicians as well as large-scale business gatherings.
Though closer to the airport than the city centre, it's still around 5km from Madrid-Barajas. A free shuttle comes roughly every 30 minutes between 0600 and 0100. If you're arriving at Terminal 4 like I did, the drive can take up to 30 minutes since you'll stop at the other terminals. On the way back I was in a rush so took a taxi, which took around 10 minutes but cost €15, so it's really cost vs convenience.
The hotel will arrange taxis for you into the city centre, or nearby IFEMA conference hall and Wanda Metropolitano stadium. I also took the metro into town, though bear in mind it's a 15-minute walk from the hotel to the first stop and then about 15 stops into the centre.
What's it like?
Spacious – there is a main entrance and reception hall which leads into a breakfast area with enough space for every guest. This extends up to form an atrium surrounded by the guest rooms of 'tower one'. A short walk along a large corridor leads to 'tower two', which has another event space, its own lift, and also a second reception in case businesses book out the entire tower for an event.
It's worth remembering which tower you're staying in so you don't (as I did) emerge from the gym and find yourself baffled as to why everything looks the same but your room seems to have disappeared.
The 284 keys are divided into king and twin rooms at 37 sqm, deluxe rooms at 45 sqm and suites at 69 sqm. The deluxe tier is further divided into corner rooms, executive rooms and relaxation rooms with whirlpool baths. There is also a Presidential Suite that can be used for events as well as VIPs.
All rooms have desks, although the deluxe rooms are a step up from the semi-circular glass tables of the entry-level rooms, featuring corner nooks with a long working space, desk light, plugs, phone and supportive chair.
A King room desk
A relaxation room desk
All rooms also have a chaise longue, tea and coffee making facilities and big windows with good soundproofing, even if you're facing the road.
The bathrooms are large and feel luxurious, with a lot of marble. They have sliding doors which don't quite close, so it's quite an intimate setup even though the toilet and shower have their own separate doors.
My relaxation room was great for a three-night stay, especially the desk setup and bath. The decor had a kind of vintage Hollywood/Bond villain feel, in a good way.
Standard rooms feature original artwork and similarly retro chairs, though aren't as large.
The furniture in all rooms has been updated every three years since the property opened.
Breakfast is included with all room rates and is an extensive buffet selection, including freshly-made omelettes and waffles. Hilton Honors Diamond Members can also eat in the Executive Lounge from 0600, though the spread is smaller.
Also in tower one is Reserva Grill Restaurant, which is open for lunch and dinner. The atmosphere is fairly relaxed, though the setting is smart and the service is sharp, and there were a couple of lunch meetings taking place when I ate there.
The menu rotates regularly, but focuses on meat and seafood dishes, while Spanish classics like paella are always available.
Opposite Reserva is the hotel bar, which is large – in fact, so large that it feels a tad corporate. However the staff are friendly and it's a good place to meet or wait for a taxi.
The first floor has a pool with a retractable roof, a gym, sauna and steam room. Though I initially thought it looked like quite a small space, it was never too busy during my stay even though the hotel was at around 80 per cent occupancy.
Next to the gym, which can also remove part of its roof, is a little outdoor area for sunbathing or just relaxing. Personal training sessions and massages can be booked on request, and the trainer looked like he had near-constant appointments.
This is clearly where the hotel excels, with 1,700 sqm of meeting space which can be configured in various ways. The Isabella Ballroom can fit 600 people and also has smaller rooms coming off it than can be opened up. Its main doorway can fit cars through it (and has done), and it is directly in front of the second entrance and reception, meaning companies can book out the whole tower for a big event.
There are 15 meeting rooms named after different cities, all with large windows and access to the outside. The hotel staff are clearly very experienced at hosting events, and have arranged everything from boxing matches in the ballroom to smoothie-making bikes in the lobby.
Downstairs there is also a business area with several desktop computers and printers.
Although I believe it's a general Hilton principal, I do think it's odd that only Honors members get complimentary wifi.
A clean, large, modern hotel which will suit leisure travellers looking for quick airport links (it was certainly convenient when my flight home was cancelled and I was booked onto a new one early the next morning) as well as business travellers who appreciate facilities like a hot tub-style bath and personal training option.
Best for Easy airport access while also getting a pool, gym and good working spaces
Don't miss Lunch or dinner at Reserva
Contact +34-911-534-000; info.madridairport@hilton.com; hilton.com/hilton-madrid-airport
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16 May 1943: Wing Commander Guy Gibson, flying AJ-G ("G - George"), ED932/G, leads the first wave of Lancaster bombers over the North Sea and into occupied Holland on the way to bomb the Ruhr dams in Operation Chastise - the Dambusters raid. The Upkeep depth charge or "bouncing bomb" is slung beneath the specially modified Type 464 (Provisioning) aircraft.
The mission was flown at extremely low level but they rose to clear the dunes along the coast and to get their bearings: a stronger than expected wind over the sea had pushed them to the south of their intended track. Flying alongside Gibson were John "Hoppy" Hopgood in AJ-M, ED925/G and Harold "Micky" Martin in AJ-P, ED909/G.
Note: I have seen other pictures portraying this moment with the nearly full Moon *behind* the aircraft, shining off the sea. By my reckoning, double checked with others, it was actually ahead of them to their right (on a bearing of about 160˚).
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Almost fifty working journalists from sponsoring organisations of the fund including Bloomberg, Sky, Reuters, Press Association, Daily Mail, and the Financial Times have signed up to become mentors.
The industry-supported fund awards bursaries four times a year to aspiring journalists from diverse backgrounds who do not have the financial means to support themselves through NCTJ journalism training.
Bursaries can help cover the costs of course fees, and/or living expenses for the duration of their studies. Almost 300 bursaries have been awarded since the launch of the JDF in 2005.
Joanne Butcher, chief executive of the NCTJ, said: "Giving our Journalism Diversity Fund recipients the opportunity to receive advice and guidance from working journalists will not only support them in their studies, but in their working lives after their course ends.
The scheme will give recipients the opportunity to learn valuable lessons, such as how to approach employers, excel on work placements and land their first job as a journalist, from mentors who can draw on their own recent experience of starting out in the industry.
Mentors and students will talk on a monthly basis, documenting the progress of goals set by the student at the start of the mentorship. At least one face-to-face meeting is also encouraged, if possible.
Do you want to be involved? The Journalism Diversity Fund is looking for working journalists across the UK who are in the first five years of their career to participate as mentors.
If you would like to find out more, please contact Sarah Kenny, NCTJ marketing and communications executive.


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During B.A.P's Seoul concert back in July, the group talked about it possibly being their very last showcase together. Sadly, that statement turned out to be true: leader Bang Yongguk, who completed his seven-year contract, did not renew his contract with TS Entertainment, which expired on August 19, and he will be leaving B.A.P as well.
TS Entertainment released a statement announcing the rapper's departure, adding that they respect his decision to not remain with them. They also stated that the remaining members of B.A.P – Daehyun, Youngjae, Himchan, Jongup and Zelo – will continue promoting as a quintet.
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The Shareware Age
A brief history of the PC's first reinvention.
Feature by Robin Clarke Contributor
The history of PC gaming can be neatly split into two eras. Everything from 1993 onwards we can class as the Modern Age, in which the PC is established as a games platform in its own right. (We can pinpoint 1993 based on the fact that before that year the number of PC games that have survived into posterity drops off precipitously.)
Everything before 1993 could be termed the Dark Age, a period shrouded in mystery, when there was no internet nor any dedicated PC gaming magazines, and when the "IBM compatible" was seen as just another home computer format among many (and as far as the UK was concerned, one that was both technically inferior to and several times more expensive than the riotously popular Commodore Amiga and Atari ST).
Thanks to this combination of factors most modern gamers are unfamiliar with the PC's formative years, having only joined the party in the mid-1990s after sound cards and CD-ROM drives had become standard features and the likes of LucasArts, Origin, Bullfrog and Westwood had started churning out big-budget blockbusters. While these big-name studios played a role in the PC's reinvention, most of the credit for realising the PC's true potential as a games platform came from a very different scene.
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Our story begins in America in the mid-1980s, where the PC enjoyed rather more favourable conditions during its early life than in Europe. The Amiga and ST never really caught on in the States, and IBM PCs or fully-compatible clones (no shabby Amstrad 'word processors' over there) were cheap enough to make them a viable option as a home computer, although most were still situated in schools and offices.
The major publishers knew that there was an audience for PC games, but the process of manufacturing and distributing a game was so prohibitively expensive, and PC gamers so risk-averse (what with lacking access to the game demos and wealth of online information that we take for granted today) that they rarely ventured outside of a few tried and tested genres. (Yes, even more so than today, clever-clogs.)
PCs were the tools of Serious Business, and so it followed that PC games should be executive toys (World Class Leaderboard), teaching aids (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?) or dorky IT department humour (Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry). Minimum specs were dictated by the machines that players had access to in their downtime, with the idea of buying or upgrading a PC explicitly for the purpose of playing new games being the stuff of fantasy.
Larry, a man of leisure.
So what happened to transform the PC from the buttoned-down home of golf, chess and flight sims to the hotbed of creativity and innovation pumping out classic after classic from 1993 onward? Was it the inevitable result of technological progress? Only partially. Publishers seemed content at first to use the PC's expanding capabilities to simply make prettier golf, chess and flight sims.
How could the complacent PC games industry be shaken out of its torpor? Such a task called for nothing less than a revolutionary movement - an underground development scene, answerable to no marketing departments and dismissive of hidebound conventions about what PC users would consider 'worthy' uses of their sacred beige monoliths. Their success would hinge on the creation of fast, fluid, immersive games that would thrust the PC into the limelight and make Amiga owners involuntarily hiss with envy. Games, in a nutshell, like Doom.
That movement was known as Shareware.
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Airing your gripes about rude flight attendants -- especially if you're a Spirit customer -- is well within bounds. But you're opening yourself up to ridicule by publicly ragging on them because you don't think they're hot enough. One douchebag found out the hard way last week.
Andres Horacio Pignataro, an apparent jerk, posted a rant on Argentina Airlines's Facebook page last Tuesday, disparaging his flight attendants' physical appearances. "Before they were tall and nice, now they only take short, fat girls," he wrote.
The airline responded in turn to Pignataro with its requirements for flight attendants: you must be an Argentine citizen older than 18, between 5'4'' and 5'7'' (if you're female) or 5'7'' and 6'1'' (if you're a dude), hold a high school diploma, a TCP license, and be able to swim and speak English. A high tolerance for a-hole passengers also helps.
The carrier signed its reply with "xoxo." OK, not really. It actually went with something better: "Prejudice doesn't fly, we leave it on the ground." And soon enough, the hashtag #prejuiciosnovuelan (#PrejudicesDoNotFly) took off on Twitter and Instagram, where cabin crew members posted selfies.
So far, no further response has come from Pignataro, who coincidentally disappeared from Facebook. He's probably in the ICU, dealing with that sick burn.


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North Carolina Central University offers a program of study in Orientation and Mobility (O&M) as part of the Visual Impairment Training Program (VITP). Students can complete a Master's of Education (MEd) program along with the O&M certification program. The program's courses combine on-line and on-campus components to effectively train professionals to serve the needs of children and adults with visual impairments. O&M instruction promotes safe, effective, and independent travel.
Students are admitted to the O&M program as part of a fall cohort that they continue with through fall, spring, and summer courses. The program also requires students to be on campus or the surrounding areas for face-to-face instruction on specific weekends through the fall and spring and anytime during the summer. As part of the O&M program, students are required to complete a 350-hour internship as required for certification by the Academy for Certification of Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP). After attaining certification, students would be eligible for employment as an O&M Specialist through school districts, schools for the blind, rehabilitation agencies, and VA Hospitals.


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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."
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At a young age, I was introduced to the world of digital illustration and design by my father, who worked nearly his entire career in the field. Through watching and learning as a child, and studying and training as an adult, I've learned that to stay ahead, I must never stop learning. To be one step ahead is my goal, and one that everyone is constantly fighting for; we should never be satisfied with the best we can do today, when we can be blown away by what we can do tomorrow.
In communications, there are endless challenges with an audience as sensitive and diverse as the Middle East. But where others see challenges, I see opportunities. Opportunities to learn about the cultures we immerse ourselves in. Opportunities to explore new markets and freshly opened frontiers through digital and social media. Opportunities we must grab hold of with a tenacious creative spirit, and let go of, only when we are satisfied living in the world we helped shape.
As a B.F.A. graduate from the design school at Kansas State University, I have the knowlede and skills to get your message across in the clearest, most vibrant way imaginable. But don't take my word for it. Check out my portfolio.
Whether it is poor SEO or obfuscated data, most of the today's problems can be chalked up to poor design. A common problem designers encounter is information overload, and I can think of no better example than the Great Plains Laboratory's Recorded Webinars Page. It was a goldmine of video information for doctors and patients alike, but hard coded in html and in no way sortable. Finding a particular webinar, or just any webinar on a specific topic meant skimming the titles of dozens of recordings; a frustrating ordeal for today's short attention spanned netizens. Check out my Spotlight section to see how I tackled this problem and more!
There are a lot of designers out there who can make a pretty web page, but those who really understand what goes on under the hood are few and far between. Being able to dive in and speak nativly to your client's web browser gives me the ability to provide fluid HTML5 graphics that shine beautifully across all modern desktop and mobile devices.
Tools and tricks for creative problem solving.
The Great Plains Laboratory's Recorded Webinars Page: A giant haystack of valuable company-sponsored webinars that was painful and time consuming to sift through.
The Webinar Library: An intuitive, searchable, and sortable listing of webinars.
The solution to the problem was in the concept from the very beginning. The goal was to create a repository for all of the company's webinars. In other words, a webinar library.
To achieve the original goal, I looked to other familiar libraries for inspiration. The key is to sift information for the user, using methods that are already familiar and in practice. For this, I cannot recommend Datatables enough! Datatables is an easy to implement JQuery plugin that allows awesome customizabile sorting to any html table. What's more, it is open source and free for commercial use under the MIT license.
The limitations of stock imagery - Why illustration is still a necessity for graphic designers.
Stock imagery for specific concepts and terminology is few and far between.
Work closely with clients to create imagery that is tailored to their needs.
Custom illustration of the Basil Ganglia nerve for The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc.Often in a designer's career, they will be tasked with providing visuals for esoteric objects, or abstract thoughts. Just as for some things there are no words, many other things have no pictures. Young designers can be spoiled by stock image libraries with endless supplies of ordinary things, to the point where design is more about rehashing the old than creating the new. When tasked with visualizing something that there are no images available for, the temptation for young designers is to grab the closest stock image that they can find and call it a day. Countless times I've scratched my head at an advertisement wondering "why in the world did they choose that picture?"
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The previous brochures were color coded for ease of distiction. I kept the color coding, but toned it down in favor of a subtle background gradient. The two-toned icon that resides in the top right and bottom left corner reinforce the color coding in a standard, easy to spot location. The in-house printers on which the budget required the brochures to be printed were incapable of a full bleed. To best accomodate the white "no-bleed" area, I framed the text and body into a central content area, using it as a stylistic element throughtout the brochures.
A promotional brochure mailed to over 10,000 physicians and mental health practitioners world wide. For doctors, as with any demographic, the most influential factor in conference attendance is location. Doctors will often attend one or two conferences a year, and how attractive a location is (culture, nightlife, ease of transportation) will determine their attendance over another conference in the same field.
On this project I made every attempt to highlight the vibrant culture and beauty of San Antonio; doing justice to the conference, which prides itself on the warmth and atmosphere of the venue.
Promotional images used with permission for promotion of the 5th Annual IMMH Conference. Courtesy of The San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau Communications Division: http://media.visitsanantonio.com/.
Messerschmitt BF-109: Custom 3D model, edited in Adobe Photoshop.
3D Process: Tracing the model in Adobe Illustrator using real world schematics.
3D Process: Constructing the 3D model in Blender using the imported Illustrator vectors as reference.


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LONDON show ROOMS MEN SS16 opens in Paris
Paul Smith & BFC Support Emerging Designers
New Statistics & Ambassadors for LCM SS16
London Collections Men Sponsors SS16
Fashion at Port Eliot Festival 2015
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2015 Fashion Trust Recipients
Facts and Figures at London Collections Men SS16
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London Fashion Weekend Ambassador & Line Up Announced
Applications for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2016 open today with changes to the application process. Established in 2008, The Fund aims to discover new talent and accelerate the rise of the next big star of British fashion design. The winner will receive a bespoke, high level mentoring support programme over a twelve month period, as well as a £200,000 grant to provide necessary infrastructure to propel them to the next stage in their business.
The application process for 2016 has been revised and now includes a two-step process. All designers are invited to apply by completing the online form no later than 7th August 2015. These will be reviewed by a judging committee chaired by British Vogue Editor Alexandra Shulman alongside industry experts and funding representatives who will select a shortlist. These shortlisted designers will be invited to submit their five year business plan focusing on areas for growth and how the prize money will help develop their business into a global brand. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview, with the winner announced in March 2016. Designers eligible for the scheme must be based in the UK, with both domestic and international stockists and support from key media in the UK and internationally. The winner must demonstrate a clear vision for their business and how the Fund will contribute to their growth, with a focus on creating a global brand.
Alexandra Shulman commented "British fashion is in a better state than ever before and we're pleased that this award has been a part of its success. This year we are all hoping to see a record number of applicants. We want to encourage the widest range of designers possible to apply and gain the advantages of being chosen for our prestigious shortlist."
The Designer Fashion Fund series which was established in 2015 will return later this year to document the application process, including interviews with the judging panel, previous winners and the shortlisted designers. The first episode of the second series will be aired exclusively on the BFC website and Vogue.co.uk in December 2015.
Previous BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund winners include Erdem, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Nicholas Kirkwood, Peter Pilotto and Mary Katrantzou.
The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund is supported by Burberry, Debenhams, Harrods, Paul Smith, Topshop and Vogue.
For more information and to apply online please visit www.britishfashioncouncil.com/designerfashionfund
For press enquiries please contact:
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The Library of Congress > Exhibitions > Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture > A Climate of Fear
Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
A Climate of Fear
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The entertainment industries suffered greatly during the Cold War from pressure to purge their ranks of communists, former communists, and those who had endorsed causes that communists also supported. As a result of hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, ten Hollywood screenwriters and directors were imprisoned and hundreds more in the industry were blacklisted. Radio and television networks succumbed to intimidation from advertisers and civic organizations during a period in which China went communist, the Soviets tested an atomic bomb, the Korean War broke out, and a Soviet spy ring was exposed. The period became identified with the term "McCarthysim," as the televised hearings of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy nourished a climate of fear and intimidation throughout the United States.
But Eisenhower isn't really worried about Russia using the atomic bomb. He's got an ace up his sleeve. . . . One false move and he'll drop Senator McCarthy on Moscow.—Bob Hope, 1953
House Committee on Un-American Activities
During the Cold War, polarization of the Hollywood community reached a peak. In October 1947, Gary Cooper (1901–1961), a member of the right-wing Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, was welcomed to a House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) hearing as a "friendly" witness. In May 1953, blacklisted actor Lionel Stander (1908–1994), testified about a "fanatic group of subversives [who] have blacklisted artists and are attempting to impose censorship," but was silenced. Stander remained blacklisted until 1965.
Gary Cooper testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in Washington, D.C. October 23, 1947. Acme Photo. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24369]
Walter Albertin, photographer. Lionel Stander, with attorney Leonard Boudin (1912–1989), testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in New York. May 6, 1953. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (064.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24370]
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Blacklisting in Radio and Television
In June 1950, three former FBI agents who had created American Business Consultants, a vigilante organization to combat communism, issued Red Channels, a booklet listing 151 people connected with the broadcasting industry whom they suspected of subversive activities. The publication listed organizations and activities with which each individual had "reported" associations. Along with in-house private lists, Red Channels was adopted by the radio and television industries as a blacklist to deny employment to those named.
Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. New York: Counterattack, 1950. Reproduction. General Collections, Library of Congress (065.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0065_01]
An Actor Protests Blacklisting
Actor Sam Jaffe (1891–1984) was subpoenaed to appear before HUAC after he had been listed in Red Channels. Although the subpoena later was discharged, Jaffe was not allowed to work in radio, television, or motion pictures for seven years. In a letter to Nate Spingold (1886–1958), Columbia Pictures executive vice president who was responsible for vetting suspected subversives, Jaffe vigorously condemned the blacklisting process. Previously, R. Lawrence Siegel, a prominent attorney for victims of the blacklist, pled Jaffe's case in a letter to Edward Cheyfitz (1914–1959), the Motion Picture Association of America labor adviser and himself a former Communist. In another letter, Siegel discussed Jaffe's situation and that of his blacklisted friend, Philip Loeb (1891–1955), with HUAC counsel, Frank S. Tavenner, Jr. (1895–1964). Loeb committed suicide in 1955, and those who knew him believed that blacklisting was a major factor.
Letter from Sam Jaffe to Nate Spingold, May 22, 1953. Sam Jaffe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (066.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0066]
Letter from R. Lawrence Siegel to Edward Cheyfitz, June 6, 1952. Sam Jaffe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (066.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0066_01]
Letter from R. Lawrence Siegel to Sam Jaffe, November 1, 1951. Sam Jaffe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (066.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0066_02]
Bob Hope Jokes about McCarthy
As a comedian relying on topical material, Bob Hope joked about HUAC—"Everybody's afraid of being called a 'Red.' I cut myself shaving and was afraid to bleed"—but hesitated when Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957) began his crusade accusing the Truman administration of harboring communists. When Hope later did joke about McCarthy, a Wisconsin newspaper deemed Hope a "communist." McCarthy seemed not to have minded, as he wished Hope luck when he opened at London's Palladium. Hope's approach to lampooning McCarthy was mild, as these jokes about the televised Army-McCarthy hearings indicate. Hope nevertheless received angry mail from disappointed viewers.
Letter from John Chapple to NBC, November 27, 1951. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (067.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0067]
Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to Bob Hope, September 22, 1953. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (068.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0068]
Jokes on Senator McCarthy for show sponsored by General Foods, May 11, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (067.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0067_02]
Jokes on Senator McCarthy for show sponsored by General Foods, June 1, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (067.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0067_01]
Letter from James M. Docherty to Bob Hope, June 11, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (068.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0068_02]
Letter from Irene B. Seccor to Bob Hope, June 2, 1954. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (068.03.00) [Digital ID # bhp0068_03]


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BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
3 MacArthur Place, Santa Ana, California
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Depositary Shares each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 7.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E
BANC PRE
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
On May 13, 2021, Banc of California, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4, including a joint proxy statement/prospectus (the "Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus"), with respect to the special meeting of stockholders of the Company to be held on June 23, 2021 in connection with the Company's proposed merger (the "Merger") with Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, a California corporation ("Pacific Mercantile") and the issuance of common stock of the Company in connection therewith, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 22, 2021, by and between the Company and Pacific Mercantile.
Important information concerning the special meeting and the proposed Merger is set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is amended and supplemented by, and should be read as part of, and in conjunction with, the information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Nothing in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity or materiality under applicable laws of the disclosures set forth herein.
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor—PMB Selected Companies Analysis" on page 69 by appending the following paragraph below the table:
The low and high stock price-to-tangible book value per share multiples of the selected companies in the "PMB Selected Companies Analysis" were 0.87x and 2.31x, respectively, and the low and high stock price-to-LTM EPS multiples of the selected companies (excluding the impact of the LTM EPS multiple for one of the selected companies, which multiple was considered to be not meaningful because it was greater than 30.0x) were 7.5x and 21.8x, respectively. For the 10 selected companies for which consensus "street estimates" were publicly available, the low and high stock price-to-2021 estimated EPS multiples of the selected companies were 7.8x and 20.4x, respectively, and the low and high stock price-to-2022 estimated EPS multiples of the selected companies were 7.8x and 20.3x, respectively.
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor—BOC Selected Companies Analysis" on page 70 by appending the following paragraph below the table:
The low and high stock price-to-tangible book value per share multiples of the selected companies in the "BOC Selected Companies Analysis" were 0.99x and 10.67x, respectively, the low and high stock price-to-LTM EPS multiples of the selected companies (excluding the impact of the LTM EPS multiple for one of the selected companies, which multiple was considered to be not meaningful because it was greater than 30.0x) were 11.9x and 22.6x, respectively, the low and high stock price-to-2021 estimated EPS multiples of the selected companies (excluding the impact of the 2021 EPS multiple for one of the selected companies, which multiple was considered to be not meaningful because it was greater than 30.0x) were 9.1x and 21.9x, respectively, and the low and high stock price-to-2022 estimated EPS multiples of the selected companies (excluding the impact of the 2022 EPS multiple for one of the selected companies, which multiple was considered to be not meaningful because it was greater than 30.0x) were 7.8x and 22.6x, respectively.
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor—Selected Transaction Analysis" on page 71 by appending the following paragraph below the table:
The low and high transaction price-to-tangible book value multiples of the selected transactions in the "Selected Transactions Analysis" were 1.02x and 2.10x, respectively, the low and high transaction price-to-LTM EPS multiples of the selected transactions (excluding the impact of the LTM EPS multiple for one of the selected transactions, which multiple was considered to be not meaningful because it was negative) were 9.2x and 21.6x, respectively, and the low and high core deposit premiums of the selected transactions were 1.5% and 15.0%, respectively. For the nine selected transactions in which the acquired company was publicly traded, the low and high one-day market premiums of the selected transactions were (-17.1)% and 68.8%, respectively.
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor—Financial Impact Analysis" on page 72 by amending and restating the second and third to last sentences of the paragraph as follows:
This analysis indicated the merger could be accretive to BOC's estimated 2021 EPS and estimated 2022 EPS by approximately 3.2% and 12.9%, respectively, and could be dilutive to BOC's estimated tangible book value per share at closing as of September 30, 2021 by approximately (-2.9)%. Furthermore, the analysis indicated that, pro forma for the Merger, each of BOC's tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio, Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio, Leverage Ratio and Tier 1 Capital Ratio at closing as of September 30, 2021 could be higher by approximately 4, 9, 1 and 9 basis points, respectively and BOC's Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio at closing as of September 30, 2021 could be lower by approximately 13 basis points.
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor - PMB Dividend Discount Model Analysis / BOC Dividend Discount Model Analysis / Pro Forma Dividend Discount Model Analysis" on page 73 by expanding the existing disclosure regarding discount rates as follows:
The ranges of discount rates assumed in the dividend discount model analyses were selected taking into account capital asset pricing model implied cost of capital calculations.
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor—Miscellaneous" on page 73 by adding the following sentence at the end of the second paragraph:
In connection with (i) BOC's August 2019 tender offer for depository shares representing an interest in preferred stock, and (ii) sole book-running manager for BOC's October 2020 offering of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes, KBW received aggregate fees (including underwriting discounts) of approximately $1.3 million from BOC.
The following disclosure is hereby added as a new section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Certain Unaudited Prospective Financial Information Regarding PMB and BOC Utilized by PMB's Board of Directors and PMB's Financial Advisor" on page 74 immediately following the section entitled "The Merger—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor."
Certain Unaudited Prospective Financial Information Regarding PMB and BOC Utilized by PMB's Board of Directors and PMB's Financial Advisor
PMB and BOC do not, as a matter of course, publicly disclose forecasts or internal projections as to future performance, earnings, or other results due to, among other reasons, the inherent uncertainty of the underlying assumptions and estimates, the risk that they will prove incorrect and the inherent difficulty of accurately predicting financial performance for future periods. However, in connection with the merger, PMB's and BOC's respective managements provided PMB's financial advisor, KBW, with certain non-public unaudited prospective financial information regarding PMB and BOC, on a stand-alone basis, respectively, that was utilized in the financial analyses performed by KBW in connection with its opinion to PMB's board of directors, as described in this joint proxy statement/prospectus under the heading "—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor". The non-public unaudited prospective financial information provided by PMB's and BOC's respective managements was prepared as part of PMB's and BOC's overall process of analyzing various strategic initiatives, and was not prepared for the purposes of, or with a view toward, public disclosure or with a view toward complying with the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and presentation of prospective financial information, published guidelines of the SEC regarding projections, or generally accepted accounting principles.
Although presented with numeric specificity, the unaudited prospective financial information reflects numerous estimates and assumptions of PMB's and BOC's respective managements made at the time they were prepared. These and the other estimates and assumptions underlying the financial forecasts involve judgments with respect to, among other things, the future interest rate environment and other economic, competitive, regulatory, and financial market conditions and future business decisions that may not be realized and that are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies, including, among other things, the inherent uncertainty of the business and economic conditions affecting the industry in which PMB and BOC operate, and the risks and uncertainties described under "Risk Factors", and "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements", all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are outside the control of PMB and BOC and will be beyond the control of the combined company. There can be no assurance that the underlying assumptions would prove to be accurate or that the projected results would be realized, and actual results could differ materially from those reflected in the financial forecasts, whether or not the merger is completed. Further, these assumptions and the financial forecasts may otherwise be affected by PMB's and BOC's ability to achieve its strategic goals, objectives and targets over the applicable periods and do not include all potential actions that management could or might have taken during these time periods.
The unaudited prospective financial information summarized in this section was prepared by and is the responsibility of the managements of PMB and BOC. No independent registered public accounting firm, including for the avoidance of doubt the independent registered public accounting firms of PMB or BOC, has examined, compiled, or otherwise performed any procedures with respect to the prospective financial information and, accordingly, no independent registered public accounting firm has expressed any opinion or given any other form of assurance with respect to such information or its achievability and no independent registered public accounting firm assumes any responsibility for the financial forecasts. Furthermore, the unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account any circumstances or events occurring after the date they were prepared.
In light of the foregoing, and taking into account that the special meetings will be held several months after the unaudited prospective financial information was prepared, as well as the uncertainties inherent in any forecasted information, PMB shareholders and BOC stockholders are strongly cautioned not to place unwarranted reliance on such information, and PMB and BOC urge all PMB shareholders and BOC stockholders to review PMB's and BOC's most recent SEC filings for a description of PMB's and BOC's reported financial results.
The following unaudited prospective financial information was discussed with KBW by PMB management and used and relied upon by KBW at the direction of such management: (1) publicly available consensus analyst earnings per share estimates for PMB for the years ending December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 of $0.58 and $0.65, respectively; and (2) annual earnings and asset growth rate assumptions for PMB provided by PMB management of 5%.
The following prospective financial information was discussed with KBW by BOC management and used and relied upon by KBW based on such discussions and at the direction of PMB management: (1) publicly available consensus analyst earnings per share estimates for BOC for the years ending December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 of $1.12 and $1.28, respectively; and (2) annual earnings and asset growth rate assumptions for BOC provided by BOC management of 5%.
You are strongly cautioned not to place undue reliance on the unaudited prospective financial information set forth above. The inclusion in this joint proxy statement/prospectus of the non-public unaudited prospective financial information above should not be regarded as a representation by PMB, BOC or their respective affiliates, advisors or representatives as to the ultimate future financial performance of PMB or BOC. The financial forecasts are not fact and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of actual future results, and this information should not be relied on as such. In addition, this information represents PMB and BOC respective managements' evaluation at the time it was prepared of certain measures of PMB's and BOC's, as the case may be, expected future financial performance on a stand-alone basis, assuming execution of certain strategic initiatives. The unaudited prospective financial information does not give effect to the merger, including the impact of negotiating or executing the merger agreement, the expenses that may be incurred in connection with consummating the merger, the potential synergies that may be achieved by the combined company as a result of the merger, the effect on either BOC or PMB, as applicable, of any business or strategic decision or action that has been or will be taken as a result of the merger agreement having been executed, or the effect of any business or strategic decisions or actions that would likely have been taken if the merger agreement had not been executed, but that were instead altered, accelerated, postponed, or not taken in anticipation of the merger.
No assurances can be given that the unaudited prospective financial information and the underlying assumptions are reasonable or that, if it had been prepared as of the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, similar assumptions would be used. In addition, the unaudited prospective financial information may not reflect the manner in which BOC would operate the PMB business after the merger. PMB, BOC and their respective affiliates, advisors and representatives do not intend to, and each disclaims any obligation to, update or otherwise reconcile or revise the unaudited prospective financial information to reflect circumstances occurring since its preparation or to reflect the occurrence of future events, even in the event that any or all of the underlying assumptions are shown to be in error, or to reflect changes in general economic or industry conditions.
Further, the unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account the effect on PMB or BOC of any possible failure of the merger to occur. None of PMB, BOC or their respective affiliates, advisors or representatives has made, makes, or is authorized in the future to make any representation to any shareholder of PMB or stockholder of BOC, or other person regarding the unaudited prospective financial information. The inclusion of the unaudited prospective financial information herein should not be deemed an admission or representation by BOC or PMB that such information is viewed as material information of PMB or BOC particularly in light of the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with such information. The unaudited prospective financial information is not being included in this joint proxy statement/prospectus to influence any shareholder's decision regarding how to vote on any given proposal to be voted on at the BOC or PMB special meetings, but because the unaudited prospective financial information was provided to PMB's financial advisor for purposes of the financial analyses performed by it as referred to under the heading "—Opinion of PMB's Financial Advisor".
The following disclosure amends and supplements the discussions in the section of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled "The Merger—Litigation Related to the Merger" on page 81 by amending and restating the entire paragraph as follows:
On May 4, 2021, Shiva Stein, a purported stockholder of PMB at the time which BOC and PMB entered into the merger agreement, filed a lawsuit against PMB and the members of its board of directors in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, captioned Stein v. Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, et al., Case No. 2:21-cv-03970 (the "Stein Complaint"). On May 6, 2021, Richard Burke, a purported stockholder of PMB, filed a lawsuit against PMB and the current members of the PMB board of directors in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, captioned Burke v. Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, et al., Case No. 1:21-cv-02532 (the "Burke Complaint"). On May 7, 2021, Matthew Hopkins, a purported stockholder of PMB, filed a lawsuit against PMB, the current members of the PMB board of directors, and BOC in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned Hopkins v. Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, et al., Case No. 1:21-cv-04125 (the "Hopkins Complaint"). On June 8, 2021, Paul Parshall, a purported stockholder of PMB, filed a lawsuit against PMB and the current members of the PMB board of directors in the Central District of California, captioned Parshall v. Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, et al., Case No. 8:21-cv-01015 (the "Parshall Complaint"). BOC has also received a demand letter from a purported shareholder that threatens legal action and similarly requests PMB to make additional disclosures. PMB has also received demand letters from purported shareholders, both from the above-captioned cases and others, which request additional disclosures from PMB and threaten legal action.
The Stein, Burke, Hopkins, and Parshall Complaints allege that PMB and its directors violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, along with Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder, by filing the registration statement of which this document is a part, which allegedly contains false statements and omits material information intended to solicit shareholders to vote in favor of the merger. The Hopkins Complaint is the only action that lists BOC as a defendant. Both the Stein and Burke Complaints also allege that PMB violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, whereas the Hopkins Complaint only alleges that BOC and the members of PMB's board of directors, not PMB, violated Section 20(a) due to their positions as controlling persons over parties that allegedly knowingly violated Section 14(a), and are thus liable under Section 20(a). The Parshall Complaint only alleges that the members of PMB's board of directors violated Section 20(a). The Stein, Burke, Hopkins, and Parshall Complaints seek (1) injunctive relief preliminarily and permanently enjoining consummation of the merger, (2) rescission of the merger and an award of rescissory damages in the event the merger is consummated, (3) injunctive relief directing dissemination of a registration statement that does not contain any untrue statements of material fact and that states all material facts in it or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading, (4) a declaration that defendants violated Sections 14(a) and/or 20(a) of the Exchange Act, and (5) an award of costs incurred by plaintiff in bringing the lawsuit, including attorneys' and experts' fees. BOC and PMB believe the Stein, Burke, Hopkins and Parshall Complaints are without merit. At this stage, it is not possible to predict the outcome of the proceedings in the merger-related litigation or their impact on BOC, PMB or the merger.
This communication includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "Safe-Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are necessarily subject to risk and uncertainty and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated due to various factors, including those set forth from time to time in the documents filed or furnished by the Company and Pacific Mercantile with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: (i) the possibility that the merger does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder or other approvals, financial tests or other conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all; (ii) changes in the Company's or Pacific Mercantile's stock price before closing, including as a result of its financial performance prior to closing, or more generally due to broader stock market movements, and the performance of financial companies and peer group companies; (iii) the risk that the benefits from the transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected, including as a result of changes in general economic and market conditions, interest and exchange rates, monetary policy, laws and regulations and their enforcement, and the degree of competition in the geographic and business areas in which the Company and Pacific Mercantile operate; (iv) the ability to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of the Company and Pacific Mercantile; (v) the reaction to the transaction of the companies' clients, employees and counterparties; (vi) diversion of management time on merger-related issues; (vii) lower than expected revenues, credit quality deterioration or a reduction in real estate values or a reduction in net earnings; and (viii) other risks that are described in the Company's and Pacific Mercantile's public filings with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and the Company and Pacific Mercantile undertake no obligation to update any such statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date on which the forward-looking statement is made.
Additional Information About the Merger and Where to Find It
Investors and security holders are urged to carefully review and consider each of the Company's and Pacific Mercantile's public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to their Annual Reports on Form 10-K, their proxy statements, their Current Reports on Form 8-K and their Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The documents filed by the Company with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the Company's website at www.bancofcal.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from the Company by requesting them in writing to Banc of California, Inc., 3 MacArthur Place, Santa Ana, CA 92707; Attention: Investor Relations, by submitting an email request to ir@bancofcal.com or by telephone at (855) 361-2262. The documents filed by Pacific Mercantile with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the Pacific Mercantile's website at www.pmbank.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from Pacific Mercantile by requesting them in writing to Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, 949 South Coast Drive, Suite 300, Costa Mesa, CA 92626; Attention: Investor Relations, or by telephone at 714-438-2500.
In addition to the registration statement and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed by the Company, Pacific Mercantile filed a definitive proxy statement with the SEC with respect to the special meeting of shareholders of Pacific Mercantile to be held on June 23, 2021 in connection with the Merger, and each party has filed other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders of the Company and Pacific Mercantile are urged to carefully read the entire registration statement and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents, because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. A definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus has been sent to the shareholders of the Company and Pacific Mercantile seeking any required shareholder approvals. Investors and security holders may obtain the registration statement and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus free of charge from the SEC's website or from the Company or Pacific Mercantile by writing to the addresses provided for each company set forth in the paragraphs above.
The Company, Pacific Mercantile, their directors, executive officers and certain other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company and Pacific Mercantile shareholders in favor of the approval of the transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of the Company and their ownership of Company common stock is set forth in the proxy statement for the Company's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, as previously filed with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Pacific Mercantile and their ownership of Pacific Mercantile common stock is set forth in the proxy statement for Pacific Mercantile's 2020 annual meeting of shareholders, as previously filed with the SEC. Stockholders may obtain additional information regarding the interests of such participants by reading the registration statement and the Joint Proxy statement/Prospectus.
Date: June 17, 2021 By: /s/ IDO DOTAN
Ido Dotan,
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and


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