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Neiman Marcus CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck blasted over pay, lavish perk
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Neiman CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck is making a bagful of bucks, including a so-called 'Cadillac' medical care bonus, even as the company has been shedding costs. NY Post photo composite
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Neiman Marcus emerged from bankruptcy with a cushy perk for its top execs — and now its leaders are being accused of escaping the belt-tightening they imposed on everyone else.
Neiman CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck has been lauded for steering the troubled retailer out of bankruptcy by helping it shed hundreds of millions in costs. As The Post has previously reported, the Belgian-born van Raemdonck stands to reap a reward of as much as $6 million as a result on top of the $4 million bonus he earned earlier this year.
The outsized bonuses have rankled employees at a time of layoffs and dramatic cuts to pay and benefits. And now at least one staffer is internally complaining that van Raemdonck's cost-cutting efforts failed to chop an outdated perk described by experts as a "Cadillac" medical benefit that only he and a small cadre of top execs benefit from — even though it stood to save the company significantly, The Post has learned.
According to an internal exchange between the employee and Neiman, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, the retailer emerged from bankruptcy in September with an executive perk intact that reimburses a small group of top execs for their out-of-pocket health care costs, including deductibles, co-pays or anything else not covered by the company's health insurance.
The employee pegged the cost of this program at $1 million a year. The administrative cost alone amounted to $14,000 per person two years ago, according to a Neiman regulatory filing from 2018.
The 15-year-old benefit — which even covers pricey orthodontia services — is only available to van Raemdonck, human resources chief Eric Severson and about eight other top executives and their families, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Experts tell The Post such perks are the remnants of a bygone era. But it survived the chopping block at Neiman, a decision the employee — who complained via a third-party reporting tool for companies to address workplace misconduct — laid at the feet of van Raemdonck.
"Geoffroy pays no deductible, no co-pay for any expenses for him or his family. He does not pay anything extra for this benefit. He also selects who receives this," said the employee, who complained anonymously via the EthicsPoint platform.
Geoffroy pays no deductible, no co-pay for any expenses for him or his family.
Neiman employee
"He should have eliminated this benefit to save money. He was Chairman and CEO and put himself first," the employee complained.
The staffer questioned whether keeping the perk while cutting costs for rank-and-file represented a conflict of interest or breach of fiduciary duty for van Raemdonck.
Neiman declined to comment for this story but responded to the complainant in late October denying any conflict of interest. It acknowledged, however, that some of the same people who profited from the program also determined to keep it intact, without naming names.
"We have determined that this is not a conflict of interest situation under our company's code even though authority to keep or terminate this benefit plan resides with certain senior management who are also beneficiaries under such benefit plan," Neiman said in its Oct. 23 response to the staffer, via the EthicsPoint platform.
Neiman Marcus CEO shows off mansion while employees get pink slips
"Among other things, this benefit plan has been in existence for at least 15 years before the current senior management came into their current positions and it is a standard benefit plan offered by other companies to their senior executives," Neiman said.
But several senior retail executives and benefits experts told The Post that such benefits are hardly the norm.
"I can't imagine anything more likely to create hostility than the notion of some people being first-class citizens and others second-class when it comes to health care," said one executive who has held CEO positions and did not want to be identified.
"I'm not aware that this is a common practice," added Andrew Challenger, senior vice president of the executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, who offered his opinion about such benefits generally. "That same benefit 20 years ago would have cost a lot less, because health care was not as expensive then. But it seems particularly generous today."
"The last time I discussed this type of benefit was in 2009," said Paul Fronstin, a director at the Employee Benefit Research Institute, who likened it to the "Cadillac" benefits that firms like Goldman Sachs once provided their well-heeled executives.
Neiman, which also owns luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman, filed for bankruptcy in May after it furloughed a majority of its 14,000 employees, temporarily cutting their salaries due to the pandemic.
Supplemental retirement plans have been gutted, including for current retirees. Veteran sales associates were laid off and replaced by less expensive part-time sales associates — a first for the company.
And furloughed staffers who were brought back to work as the economy rebounded were pressured to cough up the health insurance premiums the company covered for them while they were furloughed — even it if meant taking out a loan, as The Post has previously reported.
Neiman Marcus gives staffers more time in health care fracas
Van Raemdonck, meanwhile, became a lightning rod for showing off his Dallas mansion, filled with rare antiques and artwork by Andy Warhol, in an 11-page spread in a luxury magazine even as staffers were being handed pink slips.
Severson declined to comment and Van Raemdonck didn't respond to a request for comment, but in a recent interview with Women's Wear Daily, the CEO was asked about his bonuses and the "ill-timed story highlighting his extravagant Dallas home."
"He declined to comment on all that, other than saying, 'We are looking to the future,'" the fashion pub said.
Bankruptcy experts, meanwhile, say the company might have avoided such complaints had it just left the decision-making to its non-executive board members.
"The company had the opportunity to save, but can you logically expect someone to make an impartial decision if they have an economic interest in the outcome of the decision?" said bankruptcy attorney Kenneth Rosen.
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Q: Gaussian integral using Euler/Jacobi theta function and $r_2(k)$ (number of representations as sum of 2 squares) The Euler/Jacobi theta function (using the notation of this question) is $\vartheta_3(\tau) := \sum_{n\in \mathbb Z} q^{n^2}$ where $q = e^{2\pi i\tau}$ is the nome. The square $(\vartheta_3(\tau))^2$ then has the series representation $\sum_{k=0}^\infty r_2(k) q^k$, where $r_2(k)$ is the number of pairs $(m,n) \in \mathbb Z^2$ s.t. the number $k$ can be written as the sum of two squares $m^2+n^2$. This function has a decently compact formula, explained beautifully in this 3b1b video. Regardless, from the very fundamental definition of the area of a circle of radius $R$ having area $\pi R^2$, we see that $\frac 1{N^2} \sum_{k=0}^N r_2(k) \to \pi$ as $N\to\infty$.
Because $r_2(k)$ are the Fourier coefficients of $(\vartheta_3(\tau))^2$, and we're doing a sum of the $r_2(k)$ from $0$ to $N$ (really $-N$ to $N$ since the negative power Fourier coefficients are all $0$ in this case), this screams "Poisson summation formula!" to me. The sum $\frac 1{N^2} \sum_{k=0}^N r_2(k)$ is also highly reminiscent of a Riemann sum expression, but I can't get things to quite work out. Of course, the well known Gaussian integral is $\int_{\mathbb R} e^{-x^2} d x = \sqrt \pi$, and this quadratic exponential is really looking similar to the quadratic exponential in $\vartheta_3$. Moreover, the square root in the Gaussian integral sort of looks like it comes from the fact that we're studying $(\vartheta_3(\tau))^2$.
For these reasons, it is looking like there might be a proof of the value of the Gaussian integral using these building blocks. However, I can't put the pieces together, with some of the difficulties being the fact that $\frac 1{N^2} \sum_{k=0}^N r_2(k)$ has that $\frac 1{N^2}$ factor out front, and the fact that although the Poisson summation formula looks very promising on the Fourier/frequency domain, it doesn't seem to be promising on the time domain.
There's a similar question here Computing the Gaussian integral with Fourier methods?, but does not mention about the "number of sum of squares" function at al.

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import java.util.*;

public class ContainsValue {
    static public void main (String[] args) {
        Map map = new TreeMap();

        if (map.containsValue ("gemutlichkeit"))
            throw new RuntimeException("containsValue optimistic (non-null)");

        if (map.containsValue (null))
            throw new RuntimeException("containsValue optimistic (null)");

        map.put("a", null);
        map.put("b", "gemutlichkeit");

        if (!map.containsValue ("gemutlichkeit"))
            throw new RuntimeException("containsValue pessimistic (non-null)");

        if (!map.containsValue (null))
            throw new RuntimeException("containsValue pessimistic (null)");
    }
}

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Q: Import Error: "px" not found using pyinstaller I'm trying to create a standalone executable with pyinstaller.
I use a win10 venv using vmware, where I've got a clean python version installed.
I can execute my .py file as usual but if I try to run my .exe file I get the following error:

So far I've tried:

*

*importing px manually in my script (import px)

*using the command pyinstaller servicetool.spec --hidden-import=px instead of pyinstaller servicetool.spec.

*using pip install px, which says its already installed.

*to add hiddenimports=['px'] to my .spec file, attached here

block_cipher = None

a = Analysis(['C:\\Users\\philipp\\Desktop\\Servicetool\\Servicetool.py'],
             pathex=['C:\\Users\\philipp\\Desktop\\Servicetool'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
a.datas += [('Favicon.ico', 'C:\\Users\\philipp\\Desktop\\Servicetool\\Favicon.ico', 'DATA')]
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='servicetool',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          upx_exclude=[],
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=False,
      icon='C:\\Users\\philipp\\Desktop\\Servicetool\\Favicon.ico')

Sorry for my bad english, I'm new to programming so please ask if you need some more information.
Thanks for your help and best regards

A: The Answer was relative simple... I just had to found out which library caused the problem, and then I had to copy some missing .dll into the folder my .py, and my .spec file were.
in my case it was the module pypxlib, which imported px
cause of that, I:

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*had to copy pxlib.dll from the pip source folder into my folder.

*edit my .spec file (datas):

a = Analysis(['servicetool.py'],
             pathex=['C:\\Users\\Philipp\\Desktop\\Servicetool'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[('pxlib.dll', '.')],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             hooksconfig={},
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)```


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	$("#username").change(function() { ValidateField(this, "/api/settings/checkUsername", "username", "validating username...", "username available."); });
	$("#displayname").change(function() { ValidateField(this, "/api/settings/checkName", "name", "validating display name...", "display name available.", "username will be used for display."); });
	$("#email").change(function() { ValidateField(this, "/api/settings/checkEmail", "email", "validating e-mail address...", "looks like an e-mail address.", "e-mail address will be left blank."); });
	$("#website").change(function() { ValidateField(this, "/api/settings/checkUrl", "url", "validating website url...", "url exists.", "no website listed"); });

	$("#newuser").submit(function() {
		$.post("/api/users/register", {csrf: $("#csrf").val(), username: $("#username").val(), displayname: $("#displayname").val(), email: $("#email").val(), website: $("#website").val(), linkprofile: $("#linkprofile").val(), useavatar: +$("#useavatar").prop("checked")}, result => {
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Werner Masseck (* 8. Juni 1914 in Bernsdorf (Oberlausitz); † 27. August 1962) war ein deutscher Politiker der DDR-Blockpartei NDPD. Er war von 1958 bis 1962 Abgeordneter der Volkskammer der DDR.

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Masseck, Sohn eines Klempnermeisters, besuchte die Volks- und Mittelschule in Bernsdorf und die Oberrealschule in Kamenz. Von 1930 bis 1933 erhielt er eine kaufmännische Ausbildung und arbeitete bis 1936 im Beruf. Er trat 1933 in die NSDAP ein. Er leistete zunächst Militärdienst in der Wehrmacht, dann Kriegsdienst im Zweiten Weltkrieg und geriet in Kriegsgefangenschaft.

Nach seiner Rückkehr absolvierte er von 1946 bis 1948 eine Lehre als Klempner und arbeitete als Installateur in Bernsdorf. Er wurde 1951 Mitglied der National-Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands (NDPD) und war von 1953 bis 1957 Mitglied des NDPD-Kreisausschusses Hoyerswerda. 1955 legte er die Klempner- und Installateurmeisterprüfung ab und wurde selbständiger Handwerksmeister. Ab 1956 war er Mitglied des Kreistages Hoyerswerda und Vorsitzender der Ständigen Kommission für örtliche Wirtschaft. Im Jahr 1958 wurde er Mitbegründer und Vorsitzender der Produktionsgenossenschaft des Handwerks "Ausbau" in Hoyerswerda sowie Mitglied des NDPD-Bezirksausschusses Cottbus.

Die NDPD vertrat er als Abgeordneter in der 3. Wahlperiode der Volkskammer.

Auszeichnungen
 1957: Goldene Ehrennadel des Handwerks
 1957 und 1958: Urkunde für besondere Verdienste beim Aufbau der DDR vom Rat des Kreises Hoyerswerda und vom Rat des Bezirkes Cottbus
 1958: Ehrennadel der Nationalen Front
 Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Bronze

Literatur
 Handbuch der Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 3. Wahlperiode. Kongress-Verlag, Berlin 1959, S. 339f.
 Harry Waibel: Diener vieler Herren. Ehemalige NS-Funktionäre in der SBZ/DDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1, S. 212.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (3. Wahlperiode)

Einzelnachweise

NSDAP-Mitglied
NDPD-Funktionär
Person (Hoyerswerda)
Abgeordneter der Volkskammer
Träger des Vaterländischen Verdienstordens in Bronze
Deutscher
Geboren 1914
Gestorben 1962
Mann

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Q: Error: Cannot resolve module 'realm' I'm using the latest version of react-native "0.50.3". I installed realm via npm "npm install realm --save" and linked it "react-native link". But when I tried to import it on my project it shows and error "Cannot resolve module 'realm'"

A: You can try to link library manually. Can you tell me that in your xcode project do you have RealmReact.xcodeproj ?

A: It also happens to me. And i tried the older version  realm 2.28.1 and it solved the problem


In the busy, secular world in which we spend our days, a deeper spiritual focus doesn't happen without a plan for coming to know Christ better tomorrow than we do today.
Roughly one-third of the world's population is Christian. But what does that mean?
Level 1: I believe he was a historical figure, but most of what is said about him is fiction or legend rather than history.
Level 2: I believe he was a remarkable and powerful teacher.
Level 3: I believe he was a charismatic leader who developed the most beautiful philosophy of life ever devised.
Level 4: I believe he was more than a man, more than a great teacher. He was the Son of God.
Level 5: I believe he was the Son of God and is our Savior. He died and atoned for our sins and was then resurrected.
Level 6: I have accepted him as my Savior and have been born again.
Level 7: Having been born again, I strive to know him better each day and to progress by trying to grow consistently more like him.
Whatever level you are on, Easter may be the best time to begin moving from one level up to the next. But in the busy, secular world in which we spend our days, a deeper spiritual focus rarely happens without consistent, conscious effort. It doesn't happen without an actual plan.
Many of the Christians we know feel that they are solidly on level 6 but have a long way to go and a lot of effort to put in if they want to get to level 7.
We will know him better.
We will know ourselves better.
We will realize greater humility in viewing our weaknesses in contrast with his perfection.
We will recognize greater potential in viewing his perfection alongside our possibilities.
What we may need in order to come to know him better, and what we may want to start during this Easter season, is an organized, deliberate effort to focus on more of Christ's specific characteristics. In this pursuit, it may be useful to consider and compare the process by which we come to know a friend or associate.
As we think about our best friends, we realize that getting to know them was a piecemeal process. One day, we came to appreciate one quality about a particular individual. Another time, we sensed a different aspect of his personality. Then there was the day we learned an additional side of his character. And so on.
Our greatest friend has told us that we may know him in a similar way — bit by bit, by studying his life through scripture. It can be a building process. Each Sunday, worshipping at church can be a time to cut a new facet on the gem of our knowledge of him.
Our Easter challenge to ourselves and to you is to try to focus on a different aspect of Christ's life or character each Sunday. One week, you might concentrate on him as a teacher, another week on his compassion, another Sunday on his courage, and so on throughout the year. Suggestions for a full year of "weekly focuses" are free at valuesparenting.com/WhatMannerOfMan.
What better Easter gift could we give to ourselves and to our Savior than to begin an effort to think about him more and know him better? And what better gift could we give to our children and our families than setting this example?
Richard and Linda Eyre are New York Times No. 1 best-selling authors and founders of JoySchools.com who speak worldwide on marriage and parenting issues. Their new books are "The Turning" and "Life in Full." For more, see YouTube.com/eyresontheroad.


This wonderful polished pewter celtic toasting quaich has a 4 inch diameter bowl perfect size for a wee dram or two.
Quaich is a Scots rendering of the word 'cuach', meaning cup. Traditionally, a Quaich is used for dispensing whisky.
Excellent for welcoming visitors or bidding farewell, it has kept its beautifully simple shape and friendly purpose.


A more recent review of 2013 immigration data shows that China replaced India and Mexico as the top country of origin for immigrants to the United States. The 2013 American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, recorded 1,201,000 immigrants. Of those, 125,000 came from Mexico, 129,000 came from India, and 147,000 came from China. The previous year, Mexican immigration (125,000) just topped Chinese immigration (124,000).
Pew Research has found that Indians constitute four per cent of the total illegal immigrants living in the US, a country where the overall unauthorized immigrant population has remained unchanged since 2009.
Mexicans still make up about half of all unauthorized immigrants (52%), though their numbers have been declining in recent years. There were 5.9 million Mexican unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in 2012, down from 6.4 million in 2009, according to Pew Research Center estimates.
Ranking second to Mexico is El Salvador (675,000 in 2012), followed by Guatemala (525,000), India (450,000), Honduras (350,000), China (300,000) and the Philippines (200,000). But largely because of a marked decline in Mexican unauthorized immigrants since 2009, the shares of unauthorized immigrants from other nations and regions have grown. The sudden reversal of a long trend of growth in the number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants probably results from both a marked decline in new arrivals and an increase in departures to Mexico.
Among the states in America, Indians make up the largest undocumented immigrant group in New Hampshire. While the Indian illegal immigrants comprise second largest population in Indiana with four per cent, the percentages in other states were Michigan (4%), Minnesota (9%), New Jersey (11%), Ohio (11%), Pennsylvania (11%) and Washington (5%), the report said. Indians are the third largest unauthorized immigrants in Alaska (4%), Arizona (2%), Delaware (7%), Illinois (5%), Kansas (5%), Massachusetts (10%), Missouri (9%)and Oregon (2%).
Since the US-Mexico border crackdown on illegal immigration via Arizona and Texas, the Indian human smugglers have changed their trafficking pattern from Guatemala and Mexico land route to Haiti sea route, says a US government report.
How to Escape From India?
wow ! And we have India being branded in the US as the country which can do no wrong. This can-do-no-wrong approach was perfectly utilized by the Israeli lobby until recently. Even now, no one an criticize that lobby without ruining his/her political career. Same is with India.
But I, like most Americans, would have never thought of this ! Thanks a lot for sharing !
Allah, how come BMW is sourcing parts locally for its cars produced in India. Does it mean that the Indian manufacturing is of that high standard. Why are Pakistanis so far behind in quality? If BMW ever makes a car in Porkistan, the only locally sourced part will be a copy of holy quran in the glove box.
Hai allah, Porkis are good for masturbation only.
Anon: "what has sanitation got to do with the subject of this post?? "
Sanitation may not be important to you but most normal human beings, including normal Indians, want to escape filthy conditions in a country that leads the world in open defecation.
what is water equity and sanitation equity.
Shamim: "what is water equity and sanitation equity."
Country rates of change (progression or regression, percent per year) in equity of access to water were compared to the performance frontier (best-in-class performance) to generate a country value for performance in improving water equity. For the 2015 Index we used the gap in rural and urban coverage as our indicator of equity. Values for country performance in improving water equity were calculated for 129 countries.
Country rates of change (progression or regression, percent per year) in equity of access to sanitation were compared to the performance frontier (best-in-class performance) to generate a country value for performance in improving sanitation equity. For the 2015 Index we used the gap in rural and urban coverage as our indicator of equity. Values for sanitation equity performance were calculated for 126 countries.
Most pray for a child or well being of their loved ones, but in recent years, some unusual temples have come up, including a few that offer divine help in procuring a visa.
Lord Balaji is one of the most-worshiped local incarnations of the Hindu Lord Vishnu. His adherents flock to his many temples to pray for things like happiness, prosperity and fertility.
Lately, the deity has grown particularly popular at the once-quiet Chilkur Balaji temple here, where he goes by a new nickname: the Visa God. The temple draws 100,000 visitors a week, many of whom come to pray to Lord Balaji for visas to travel or move to the U.S. and other Western countries.
Mohanty Dolagobinda is one of the Visa God's believers. Three years ago, a U.S. consulting company applied for a visa on his behalf. It was rejected. When the company tried again the following year, Mr. Dolagobinda's friends told him to visit the Chilkur Balaji temple ahead of his interview at the U.S. consulate. Weeks later, he sailed through the interview. "I've never heard of anyone who's gone to the temple whose visa got rejected," says Mr. Dolagobinda.
In the late 1990s, this small temple on the outskirts of Hyderabad -- the capital of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh -- drew just two or three visitors a week.
C.S. Gopala Krishna, the 63-year-old head priest of the Chilkur Balaji Temple, wanted more people to come. So he gave Lord Balaji a new identity. "I named him the Visa God," he says. Now, Mr. Gopala Krishna's temple is a hot spot. Billboards on the dirt road to the temple advertise English-language schools and visa advisers. Next to the parking lot, vendors hawk souvenirs and fruit.
The Visa God's growing celebrity reflects the rising frustration of educated Indians hoping to move West. In recent years, it's become harder to win the employer-sponsored "H-1B" visas that let skilled professionals like engineers work in the U.S. While the U.S. limits the number of H-1Bs granted each year to 65,000, the demand for visas keeps rising.
For the fiscal year ended September 2004, it took 11 months for the U.S. government to receive 65,000 applications for H-1B visas; last fiscal year, it took two months. This fiscal year, the U.S. government received more than 65,000 applications in one day. Applications are now assigned a random number, and the first 90,000 to 110,000 are processed and accepted or rejected until the quota is reached.
India Is the Fastest-Growing Source of New Illegal Immigrants to the U.S.
a growing number of Indians that are less-skilled and staying in the country illegally. In fact, in recent years the net number of Indians staying in America illegally has been growing much more than even the number of new illegal Mexico-born immigrants in the country, a recent Pew Research Center report showed this week.
Of course the total number of unauthorized Mexicans in the United States is more than ten times higher than the number of Indians but most of them arrived more than a decade ago. The total for illegal immigrants born in Mexico has been shrinking while the total from India has been growing more than any other country.
In the period between 2009 and 2014, Pew estimates, the number of unauthorized Indian immigrants in the U.S. surged by 43% to a total of around 500,000. During the same period, the number of unauthorized Mexicans fell 8% to 5.85 million.
India now ranks fourth after Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala in terms of the countries that are the largest source of unauthorized migrants to America.
Despite concerns of the U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his followers that a flood of illegal immigrants are hurting America, the number of illegals has actually been falling for years. However the steady decline of the number of illegal immigrants from Latin America has been partly offset by those arriving from Asia, led by India.
"The U.S. unauthorized immigrant population – 11.1 million in 2014 – has stabilized since the end of the Great Recession, as the number from Mexico declined but the total from other regions of the world increased," the report said.
If you combine legal and illegal arrivals, both India and China are each sending more people to the United States in recent years. In 2014 about 136,000 people came to the U.S. from India, about 128,000 from China and about 123,000 from Mexico, census figures show. As recently as 2005, Mexico sent more than 10 times as many people to the U.S. as China, and more than six times as many as India.
A disturbing video of a man making racist slurs over an apparent parking dispute in Abbotsford is circling social media. It shows a Caucasian male shouting and behaving aggressively at the individual, a South Asian man, filming the incident.
The aggressive man got back into a pick-up truck, but then he decided to confront the man again, this time for filming him. When the man asked him when he came to Canada, he replied: "I was born in Canada".
He was also repeatedly caught calling the man a "f*cking sh*t skin" before and after he got back into the passenger side of the truck, even as they were driving out of the area.
Sergeant Judy Bird with the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) told Daily Hive the incident occurred on Friday at approximately 6:30 pm in the downtown area of Abbotsford.
Prior to being filmed, the truck was parked in a reserved parking spot and in the process of receiving a ticket from a bylaw enforcement officer.
Bird says all parties involved in the incident, including the man who yelled slurs, have been identified. APD's next steps on Monday will consist of making contact with the bylaw enforcement officer, getting a statement from the man who filmed the video, and exploring whether the aggressive man could face charges for the incident.
An Indian man who had reportedly travelled over 10,000kms across 11 countries in a month to enter the US illegally in 2016 has been deported back after he was caught staying illegally.
The man, identified as one Harpreet Singh, hails from Punjab's Kapurthala district and was deported back to India on Saturday night on a United Airlines flight.
Here's more about Singh's 'remarkable' journey.
On 20th August 2016, Harpreet Singh took a flight from the Indira Gandhi International Airport to Brazil on a valid passport.
From Bolivia, Singh arrived in Lima, Peru. From there, he reached Costa Rica passing through Ecuador, Columbia and Panama. Then, he entered Honduras and went to Guatemala and finally arrived in Mexico, the officer said.
The final leg of Singh's journey began in Mexico, from where he illegally took a boat into the US.
But why take all this trouble?
According to deputy commissioner of police (IGI Airport), Singh's original passport and belongings were stolen by local miscreants at some point during his journey.
Singh had then approached his agent in India, who managed to get Singh a fake passport.
Singh identified his agent as one Rana - a resident of Jalandhar in Punjab.
Police officials said that Singh had confessed that he had sneaked into the US illegally as he wanted US citizenship.
After reaching the US, Singh managed to work for 15 months at a departmental store in Louisiana before he was apprehended and deported for illegally staying in the US.
Several cases of cheating and forgery have been registered against him in India.


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Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail's Appeal to Congress – Juicy Ecumenism
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In the video in this blog post, the Rt. Reverend Andudu Adam Elnail, Bishop of Kadugli and Nuba Mountains, Episcopal Church of Sudan and South Sudan (ECSSS) urges the four co-chairs of the House Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan to sponsor a letter from members of Congress to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Bishop Andudu's video is the second of four video messages to the co-chairs of the Caucus: U.S. Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Michael McCaul (R-TX). The videos are a plea that the caucus would urge the Department of Justice to ensure that the people of Sudan and South Sudan who have been brutalized and persecuted by the Government of Sudan would receive appropriate compensation for what they have suffered. This compensation would come from the settlement funds provided by a financial institution, BNP Paribas, that processed billions of dollars of transactions for the Government of Sudan through United States financial institutions in violation of sanctions. …
Source: Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail's Appeal to Congress – Juicy Ecumenism
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3 Dark Web Horror Stories That'll Blow Your Mind
If you're at all tech-savvy, chances are you've heard your fair share about the dark web. If you're not, there's a reason it's called "dark." It's a haven for unsettling content, illegal activities, and cyber threats.
The dark web is characterized by its inability to be accessed by traditional search methods as the sites housed within are heavily encrypted, typically using the TOR service. Though you shouldn't need a reason not to directly access the dark web, here are some horror stories of the unsavory activities going on inside.
source:techadvisor.co.uk
A dastardly drug trade
An exchange of arms
Money laundering is a likely outcome
Safe use of the dark web?
For years, the dark web has been infamous for how easy it is to utilize for the buying and selling of illicit substances. Many sellers rely on the relative anonymity of the dark web to conduct these trades and frequently use cryptocurrency for their sales as it's much harder to effectively trace than traditional cash and credit purchases. It appears the dark web has some level of morality, however, as some of its dealers have voluntarily decided to ban the highly lethal substance fentanyl from being sold on its marketplaces.
source:theverge.com
Luckily, the United States Department of Justice is taking the proper steps to address this illegal trading post. In June of 2018, nearly three dozen individuals suspected of selling illicit substances across the dark web were arrested in a sweeping raid. It was the first time in history that the DoJ targeted the sellers directly as opposed to the individuals who run the marketplaces themselves. It's a solid start towards eradicating substance trafficking across the dark web.
Substances aren't the only things being trafficked across the dark web. In fact, cartels and other unsavory individuals tend to rely on the dark web to acquire weaponry, explosives, and other arms. It's another draw of how difficult Tor makes these sites to trace. Unfortunately, for each of these sales that are stopped, plenty more go off without a hitch. It's frightening to think of a what a dark web search can turn up in the hands of the wrong person.
Recently, the town of Liverpool in the United Kingdom nearly fell prey to a dark web weapons exchange. Several individuals were caught by authorities attempting to smuggle Glock handguns into Liverpool within a guitar amp. The release of these weapons to more buyers and sellers would've no doubt escalated crime rates throughout the city. It's not unlikely that the weapons were purchased via the Armory, which has been frequently noted as the dark web's "Walmart for weaponry."
The difficulty of tracing cryptocurrency makes it an ideal venue for money laundering. Once you combine that with the anonymity provided by TOR and the dark web, you're looking at a nearly perfect vehicle for conducting all sorts of financial crimes. On any given day, the dark web is host to millions of dollars worth of transactions and some of these exchanges are being used for the sole purpose of laundering money.
source:news.ncsu.edu
Federal agents conducted a year-long money laundering sting in an attempt to catch some of the criminals responsible for these exchanges. More than 40 of the offenders were successfully arrested as a result of Operation Dark Gold but it's suspected that there are many more that evaded capture. The operation seized over three and half million in cash as well as numerous prescription pharmaceuticals.
There are plenty of sites claiming that there are safe ways to connect to the dark web, but very few of them offer dark web search options that are sanitized, structured, and safe for use. If you absolutely must access the dark web for any reason, it's best to rely on publicly available TOR services without the need to connect to the TOR network itself. However, at the end of the day, your best bet is to avoid the dark web altogether. It's a place you shouldn't contemplate visiting lightly.
source:darkwebnews.com
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Two additional characters were revealed this past week for Mortal Kombat 11. These are in addition to the other two, Jacqui Briggs and Kotal Kahn, which were revealed a few days ago as well. This weekend's latest additions include the return of Noob Saibot and none other than Shang Tsung.
Noob Saibot is being added as a regular roster character and is included with the base game. Shang Tsung, on the other hand, will be the first DLC character added to the game after its launch. However, there are a few other cool tidbits of info when it comes to Shang Tsung.
First off, he will be your host and narrator as you explore the Krypt and unlock new content. The Krypt being a a feature of the previous games wherein you can spend in-game currencies to unlock new pieces of cosmetics or concept art. He will be your host regardless of whether or not you purchase him as a DLC fighter.
Secondly, Shang Tsung is being played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor that portrayed him in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film. Given that Mortal Kombat was Paul W.S. Anderson's best work as a Director next to Event Horizon, it stands to reason that fans are rather excited to see Tagawa reprise this role.
While we do have a trailer for Noob Saibot direct from WBIE and NetherRealm, there isn't one for the Shang Tsung reveal. However, third-parties recorded the reveal as it was streamed from the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo. The audio on Shang Tsung's reveal is rather poor as a result. If WBIE and NetherRealm get proper upload of the reveal out there, we'll replace that video below. Even with the poor audio quality, Tagawa's voice as Shang Tsung is unmistakable.
Once known by the name Bi-Han, and the original Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot was a cold-blooded assassin, corrupt from years of violence and evil. Murdered by his clan's enemy, Scorpion, Bi-Han was resurrected as the black-clad wraith, Noob Saibot. Both shadowy and mysterious, his soul was stripped of compassion and remorse, and now he considers himself the perfect warrior using his ninja-like and phantom abilities to carry out his darkest impulses.
The host of the first Mortal Kombat tournament and faithful servant to Shao Khan. A powerful, shapeshifting sorcerer, he absorbs living souls to maintain his youthful appearance and command, while morphing into other characters to use his adversaries' own moves against them in battle. Shang Tsung is one of six playable DLC fighters included in the Kombat Pack, which is part of the Mortal Kombat 11 Premium and Kollector's Editions.
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As residents express increasing alarm, the City Council is taking notice.
The Sacramento Police Department is assembling a unit of officers that will be assigned to investigating and enforcing illegal operations in residential neighborhoods, said Deputy Chief Ken Bernard.
"We know it's a serious issue and we want to address it," he said.
The planned enforcement on residential marijuana activities comes as entrepreneurs are lining up to convert Sacramento warehouse space into legal growing operations, anticipating a strong demand once recreational marijuana sales become legal next year.
The city plans to eventually hire three police sergeants and 12 officers who will be assigned to "writing search warrants, conducting surveillance, making vehicle stops, arresting suspects and writing reports" related to illegal marijuana operations, according to a budget staff report. Those officers will be funded largely by fees collected from permitted marijuana cultivation businesses.
Councilman Eric Guerra also wants the city to explore whether it can seize control of homes used for growing. He said operations in his district have been busted, only to return in the same houses.
This month has seen a wave of serious incidents at alleged marijuana houses.
On July 12, someone drove a car through the garage door of a home directly across the street from a neighborhood park in Meadowview. Police later found marijuana being grown inside the home. Twelve days later, a suspect drove through a garage to get inside a home less than a mile away. Again, officers discovered the home had been used to grow weed, but were unable to find a homeowner or resident.
On July 20, officers got into a brief chase with a car coming from a home near American Lakes Elementary School in South Natomas. Officers stopped the chase, but returned to the home where the pursuit began. The residents of the home – which had been converted into a marijuana grow house – had been robbed, according to a police report.
And on July 18, a resident reported suspicious activity at a home on Ortega Street, a few blocks from Mark Twain Elementary School in the Tallac Village neighborhood of south Sacramento. As officers questioned one resident, another "ran out the back of the residence with over 20 pounds of processed marijuana," according to a police report. The house was allegedly being used to cultivate weed and both residents were arrested.
In the Land Park case, officers immediately retreated from the home on Freeport Boulevard, near Markham Way, and called for backup from a drug task force trained in dismantling hash oil labs. The sound of sirens filled the neighborhood, and part of Freeport Boulevard was shut down for a chunk of the afternoon commute.


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Microsoft Previews Board-Level Certification at TechMentor
Microsoft plans to introduce a board-level certification, called the Microsoft Certified Architect Program, designed to "identify architectural expertise," says the company.
By Michael Domingo
(With additional reporting by Keith Ward, Managing Editor, Redmond magazine, in Orlando)
ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- Microsoft yesterday announced its first brand-new certification in years, one aimed at high-level IT pros with significant experience in architecting solutions that involve Microsoft -- and non-Microsoft -- products.
At 101communications' TechMentor conference in Orlando, Al Valvano, Lead Product Manager with Microsoft Learning, unveiled the Microsoft Certified Architect Program, a board-level certification on a scale the company has never attempted before.
Valvano acknowledges that the MCAP is a work-in-progress, very preliminary work has been done, and any details they've worked out so far are sketches. He said to expect a more detailed announcement with solid information in late summer to the end of the year. Eric Ekstrand, a TechMentor attendee who works for Optum UnitedHealth Group, is cautious when he calls the MCAP "a great idea." Like several in attendance, he's "curious to see how it plays out.
Al Valvano, Lead Product Manager with Microsoft Learning (standing), offers details on new Microsoft Certified Architect Program to TechMentor Conference attendees. (Photo: Sara Ross)
That curiosity extends to Steve Riley, who's been an IT professional since 1983. Riley doesn't see the MCAP as his next stepping stone, but as someone who's involved in hiring IT experts, he acknowledges that someone with a board certification would have immediate cachet: "[The candidate] would have to have proven themselves in front of their peers, and that would make a difference."
Ekstrand agrees. "The MCAP will provide another mechanism for the employer to make an assessment of skill levels."
Some highlights from Valvano's keynote:
The MCAP will consist of prerequisite training and experience, and the skills domain that candidates will face throughout the process will be broad, including such objectives as project management, decisionmaking and oral and verbal communication. Valvano said it's too early to give any definition to those requirements, and wouldn't say whether any of the current exams or training in the MCP program would be applicable to the MCAP.
Candidates will be assigned a mentor to help foster success through the program's rigorous certification process. Valvano said that mentors will come from Microsoft as well as externally chosen sources.
Candidates, with the help of the mentor, would apply for entrance registration into the architecture candidate process, which consists of a written submission and board examinations. Valvano said that details on what the written submission process and who would be on the peer-review board were still in development. Valvano compared the process to attaining a Ph.D, where a candidate has to defend a thesis.
Valvano stressed that only about a quarter of the emphasis of a candidate's knowledge will be on Microsoft-related architecture technologies; the rest will relate to general architecture principles and best practices that aren't Microsoft specific. A candidate for the MCAP will have to have a broad-based knowledge that extends well beyond the narrow bounds of Windows.
Finally, Valvano estimated that completion of the program could take from six to 12 months and would not come cheap. Valvano says that the program is designed to pay for itself; nonetheless, he says that "it will take a substantial commitment in time and money" for both the candidate and the board to come together for all the meetings and tests for completing each step.
Given the demanding nature of the requirements, Valvano believes the MCAP can eventually rise to the level of prestige that come with demanding certifications like Cisco's CCIE. "My belief and the strong opinion from [early customers and partners] is that the bar is actually much higher than anything we currently have in this market today from any vendor, in terms of the rigor and reward, the feat of accomplishment and by the benefits of [having achieved it]," he adds. Microsoft has fought the perception for years that its certifications are too easy to get and lack the value of some other certifications in the marketplace. Valvano admitted during the keynote that Microsoft has heard similar complaints from its own certified professionals and IT hiring managers.
Whether the MCAP warrants such prestige, it's much too early to tell. Says Ekstrand: "The market is going to have to accept it as a worthwhile certification to have real value."
This is a developing story; MCPmag.com will continue to post details as they happen.
Michael Domingo has held several positions at 1105 Media, and is currently the editor in chief of Visual Studio Magazine.


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The Chevrolet Corvette (C6) is a sports car that was produced by Chevrolet for the 2005 to 2013 model years. The sixth generation Corvette is the first with exposed headlamps since the 1962 model. Production variants include the Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport and 427 Convertible.
The Corvette ZR1 is a legend in its own time, having been awarded numerous "Car of The Year" awards from major automotive magazines and TV shows around the world. For the body, carbon fiber is used on the roof, hood, fenders, front splitter, and rocker moldings. To finish these Corvettes GM painted the hood and fenders while the roof and splitter were merely covered in a clearcoat, retaining their black color. An important design feature was the polycarbonate window placed in the center of the hood, allowing the engine intercooler to be viewed from the exterior. At the time, the wheels were the largest ever placed on a production Corvette, increasing in size and diameter over the Corvette Z06. Braking is provided by ZR1 exclusive Brembo carbon ceramic brakes which have calipers finished in Tacoma blue, an accent color also found on the engine intercooler and ZR1 logo. Equipped with magnetic ride control, this system allows the driver to select shock stiffness settings based on preference or road conditions. All that remained was for Chevy to supply enough
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NAVI MUMBAI: Residents opposing Cidco's plans to have a development zone adjacent to the wetlands at Palm Beach creekside in Nerul have got a ray of hope from Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA).
The authority, in response to a complaint by those opposing the plan, on July 3 reverted via email and has sought an explanation from Cidco in this matter.
The coastal zone body was sent photographs of a water body, describing the possibility of flooding in the event of any construction in the area. This seems to have prompted MCZMA to seek an explanation from Cidco.
"Based on the response, it appears that MCZMA has no knowledge about Cidco's plans. Through the photographs, I intended to draw the attention of the authorities on the gravity of our fight. Besides showcasing the natural beauty, we wanted the officials to realize that a flood-like situation could arise if any development is undertaken in the area. The water, which till now is held back by the creek, will enter the residential areas," said Sunil Agarwal, a resident involved in the campaign.
The issue began with the issuance of a notification on October 5, 2016 with Cidco proposing changing the land use of nearly 64 hectares in sector 60, Nerul, from a no-development zone to a regional park zone, residential area or a golf course. This has since seen a series of protests, both legal and social.
While legal proceedings are already going on in the high court, the residents are also doing their bit. From online petitions addressed to the PM and CM to marches, every effort has been made to get the notification cancelled.


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Серге́й Серге́евич Я́шин (3 января 1981, Калуга) — российский футболист, полузащитник.

Карьера
Воспитанник СДЮШОР «Заря» и ДЮСШ «Торпедо» (Калуга). Первый тренер — Михаил Иванович Стрыков.

Профессиональную футбольную карьеру Яшин начал в московском «Динамо». Первые 3 года он играл за дубль. С 2001 года стал играть за основную команду. Дебютировал 24 июня 2001 года, в матче 14-го тура чемпионата России против воронежского «Факела». 28 июня 2006 года перешёл в подмосковный «Сатурн». С 2008 играл в «Шиннике». В 2010 году Яшин перешёл в нижегородскую «Волгу». В 2012 году подписал контракт с «Даугавой». С августа 2014 по конец 2015 года игрок ФК «Долгопрудный».

В настоящее время — тренер команды 2005 года рождения «Динамо-2».

В сборной
Сыграл один тайм за вторую сборную России в матче против сборной Казахстана.

Личная жизнь
 Женат, есть дочь Мила.
 Кумиры в футболе — Зинедин Зидан и Лионель Месси.

Достижения
 Чемпион Латвии (1): 2012

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сергей Яшин: «Рыбалка на Волге оказалась не очень удачной»
 Бывший футболист «Динамо» Сергей Яшин срывает покровы с российского футбола середины нулевых

Футболисты России
Игроки ФК «Динамо» Москва
Игроки ФК «Сатурн» Раменское
Игроки ФК «Шинник»
Игроки ФК «Волга» Нижний Новгород
Игроки ФК «Даугава» Даугавпилс
Игроки ФК «Долгопрудный»
Игроки ФК «Домодедово»


as apple walked through the hallowed alley she was very scared of big foot coming her way. But of course she felt very safe with mills in (her) arms. but then mills ran away screaming like a little girl and she had no idea wat to do.. so she resulted in canibalism.. she started eating her own limbs. and while mills was sleeping she seasoned him very lightlly with some pepper and cumin.
It is something that is not filled up. Squirrels can live in a hollowed tree because its where there's a big hole that is open in the side of the tree. You can see through something hollowed if you look through the bottom of it or the top of it.
When I hear this word, I think of something empty. Like when your hungry your stomach is hallow.
Hallowed be thy name,thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.
I went to my usual place by the hallowed out tree. It was peaceful, serene. I liked it there hidden away from the world. In a place that was all my own, where I could do whatever I wanted. Where I could be free.
the hallowed halls of dartmouth or is it hogwarts? i'm pretty sure it's hogwarts. is it in an alma mater? i forget why everyone calls halls hallowed. or why hallowed always describes halls. in fact i'm not really sure what hallowed means since i always just associate it with venerable school walls. maybe it means venerable.
And as I walk through this hallowed ground, I am reminded of everything. The faux mysteriousness of my childhood, the vicious sexuality of my adolescence, and the emptiness that awaits me.
(Hallowed: holy, NOT HOLLOWED: empty!!) I picked up in my hands the last hallowed cup in the world. The golden chalice was in my grasp and now eternal youth could be mine, if I wanted, if I chose of it. Would I chose of it? Everyone is afraid of the end. You should I drink out of it? What makes me special? deserving? Nothing of course.
i was hallowed by the lonely streets and open subways, stained with blood stains all over, i thought of him in blood smeared clothes haunted my dreams but living was necessary, my children depended on it.
The hallowed ground was silent. Only ghosts wandered this earth anymore. Forgotten in the mists of time they lingered still silent pillars upholding a dream of history. No one could recall their name. They couldn't even remember their name. It was a forgotten legend in a forsaken land.
• [as adj. ] ( hallowed) greatly revered or respected : in keeping with a hallowed family tradition.
a saint or holy person.
ORIGIN Old English hālgian (verb), hālga (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German heiligen, also to holy .
i know what it is but this is what it reminds me of HARRY POTTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hallowed means greatly reserved or respected.
It sounds like halloween but it is hallowed witch means somethings hallow.
Hallowed be thy name, thy holiday come, thy will be done, on faith as it is in atheism. I am hallowed by all that I know and do, hallowed by the paint on my fingers, the ink on my hands.
Something that is haunted and scary. Like halloween.
Halloween. regret. something empty, costumes, pumpkins, candy, decorations.
HALLOWED. The day arrived, and on the very exact hour that had been calculated, the people gathered waiting for the shadows to align, marking the beginning of the celebration. A horn sounded. A whirl of colours from the billowing gowns. Joyous voices reciting praises. The laughter of the young as they pranced.
Soon, there will be children throwing garlands before the feast offering.
hallowed is a word that can be used to describe something hollow like a tree or a pole. and other than that i have no idea what it means. so i really don't know what too write about.
Halloween, something empty, costumes, pumpkins, candy, decorations.
The pumpkin was very hallowed by the the scary night on Halloween.
hunted our a ghost or a black cat or zombies Halloween and candies costumes.


In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create this paper craft, which is an ornament made out of paper straws. You can also use regular plastic drinking straws to make this ornament, too. It's an easy, quick, DIY party decoration that makes a fun home decor, as well. I used 15 standard sized drinking draws and cut each one of them in half, creating 30 "mini-straws." You'll also need some thread to tie the drinking straw ornament together. Use more drinking straws to create a larger ornament.


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Q: How can I programatically convert SQL data-types to .Net data-types? Can anyone show me a way of converting SQL Server data-types (varchar for example) to .Net data-types (String for example). I'm assuming that automatic conversion is not possible?
I have an 'EntityProperty' object and would like it to have an appropriate 'Type' property (string, decimal, int32 etc), at the moment this property is just a string - 'int32' for example.
A little background: I'm using SQL DMO in an internal code generation app to query a database and generate a stored procedure based DAL from the database. Being an internal app I can take quite a few shortcuts and make quite a few assumptions. To get the app working at the moment this data-type conversion is handled by a Select Case statement which just converts the types to strings and generates a set of properties based on these strings but I would prefer a little more flexibility in being able to handle the types (use of TypeOf etc).
Anyone worked on something similar?
I know EF, nHibernate, Subsonic etc could do all this for me but in this case, for various reasons, I am having to roll my own. :)

A: The reason hard coding is a Bad Thing is only because when you put things in code that change, it's annoying (and expensive) - there's no other reason.  Things that don't change, like pi, or the list of weekdays, can be hard-coded to your heart's content, and you won't incur any extra development cost as a result.
So this problem isn't so much about not maintaining a manual mapping table - in code if necessary - as it is about only maintaining the mapping table in one place.
We rolled our own data access class, several years ago now.  And sure, we convert manually (in a VB.NET Select Case statement) from .NET types to SQL types.  I think it changed once, when we had to add Enum types.
That's once, in about four years.  We do a release a week, on average - guess how worried we are about the 'overhead' of hard coding the .NET -> SQL type mapping?
Do it in one place.  Ensure that everything uses it.  And then forget about it.  There are other, much tougher problems to solve.

A: There is no way to "automatically" perform the type conversion.  In fact, most ORM libraries rely on the actual property type used in the destination entity class in order to perform the mapping.
I would use the SQL-CLR Type Mapping from the Linq to SQL documentation as a starting point for building manual mapping code.  In many cases there will be more than one valid mapping.

A: Or you could a table for your automatic translation and than use those values ( this is a preliminary one, not largely tested ... )  :
and USED IT DIRECTLY FOR CLASS GENERATION
or even if you like generate the classes for the whole db
        /****** Object:  Table [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes]    Script Date: 03/20/2010 03:07:56 ******/
        IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes]')
        AND type in (N'U'))
        DROP TABLE [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes]
        GO

        /****** Object:  Table [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes]    Script Date: 03/20/2010 03:07:56 ******/
        SET ANSI_NULLS ON
        GO

        SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
        GO

        CREATE TABLE [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes](
            [DbVsCSharpTypesId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
            [Sql2008DataType] [varchar](200) NULL,
            [CSharpDataType] [varchar](200) NULL,
            [CLRDataType] [varchar](200) NULL,
            [CLRDataTypeSqlServer] [varchar](2000) NULL,

         CONSTRAINT [PK_DbVsCSharpTypes] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
        (
            [DbVsCSharpTypesId] ASC
        )WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
        ) ON [PRIMARY]

        GO

        SET NOCOUNT ON;
        SET XACT_ABORT ON;
        GO

        SET IDENTITY_INSERT [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes] ON;
        BEGIN TRANSACTION;
        INSERT INTO [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes]([DbVsCSharpTypesId], [Sql2008DataType], [CSharpDataType], [CLRDataType], [CLRDataTypeSqlServer])
        SELECT 1, N'bigint', N'short', N'Int64, Nullable<Int64>', N'SqlInt64' UNION ALL
        SELECT 2, N'binary', N'byte[]', N'Byte[]', N'SqlBytes, SqlBinary' UNION ALL
        SELECT 3, N'bit', N'bool', N'Boolean, Nullable<Boolean>', N'SqlBoolean' UNION ALL
        SELECT 4, N'char', N'char', NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 5, N'cursor', NULL, NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 6, N'date', N'DateTime', N'DateTime, Nullable<DateTime>', N'SqlDateTime' UNION ALL
        SELECT 7, N'datetime', N'DateTime', N'DateTime, Nullable<DateTime>', N'SqlDateTime' UNION ALL
        SELECT 8, N'datetime2', N'DateTime', N'DateTime, Nullable<DateTime>', N'SqlDateTime' UNION ALL
        SELECT 9, N'DATETIMEOFFSET', N'DateTimeOffset', N'DateTimeOffset', N'DateTimeOffset, Nullable<DateTimeOffset>' UNION ALL
        SELECT 10, N'decimal', N'decimal', N'Decimal, Nullable<Decimal>', N'SqlDecimal' UNION ALL
        SELECT 11, N'float', N'double', N'Double, Nullable<Double>', N'SqlDouble' UNION ALL
        SELECT 12, N'geography', NULL, NULL, N'SqlGeography is defined in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll, which is installed with SQL Server and can be downloaded from the SQL Server 2008 feature pack.' UNION ALL
        SELECT 13, N'geometry', NULL, NULL, N'SqlGeometry is defined in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll, which is installed with SQL Server and can be downloaded from the SQL Server 2008 feature pack.' UNION ALL
        SELECT 14, N'hierarchyid', NULL, NULL, N'SqlHierarchyId is defined in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll, which is installed with SQL Server and can be downloaded from the SQL Server 2008 feature pack.' UNION ALL
        SELECT 15, N'image', NULL, NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 16, N'int', N'int', N'Int32, Nullable<Int32>', N'SqlInt32' UNION ALL
        SELECT 17, N'money', N'decimal', N'Decimal, Nullable<Decimal>', N'SqlMoney' UNION ALL
        SELECT 18, N'nchar', N'string', N'String, Char[]', N'SqlChars, SqlString' UNION ALL
        SELECT 19, N'ntext', NULL, NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 20, N'numeric', N'decimal', N'Decimal, Nullable<Decimal>', N'SqlDecimal' UNION ALL
        SELECT 21, N'nvarchar', N'string', N'String, Char[]', N'SqlChars, SqlStrinG SQLChars is a better match for data transfer and access, and SQLString is a better match for performing String operations.' UNION ALL
        SELECT 22, N'nvarchar(1), nchar(1)', N'string', N'Char, String, Char[], Nullable<char>', N'SqlChars, SqlString' UNION ALL
        SELECT 23, N'real', N'single', N'Single, Nullable<Single>', N'SqlSingle' UNION ALL
        SELECT 24, N'rowversion', N'byte[]', N'Byte[]', NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 25, N'smallint', N'smallint', N'Int16, Nullable<Int16>', N'SqlInt16' UNION ALL
        SELECT 26, N'smallmoney', N'decimal', N'Decimal, Nullable<Decimal>', N'SqlMoney' UNION ALL
        SELECT 27, N'sql_variant', N'object', N'Object', NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 28, N'table', NULL, NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 29, N'text', N'string', NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 30, N'time', N'TimeSpan', N'TimeSpan, Nullable<TimeSpan>', N'TimeSpan' UNION ALL
        SELECT 31, N'timestamp', NULL, NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 32, N'tinyint', N'byte', N'Byte, Nullable<Byte>', N'SqlByte' UNION ALL
        SELECT 33, N'uniqueidentifier', N'Guid', N'Guid, Nullable<Guid>', N'SqlGuidUser-defined type(UDT)The same class that is bound to the user-defined type in the same assembly or a dependent assembly.' UNION ALL
        SELECT 34, N'varbinary ', N'byte[]', N'Byte[]', N'SqlBytes, SqlBinary' UNION ALL
        SELECT 35, N'varbinary(1), binary(1)', N'byte', N'byte, Byte[], Nullable<byte>', N'SqlBytes, SqlBinary' UNION ALL
        SELECT 36, N'varchar', NULL, NULL, NULL UNION ALL
        SELECT 37, N'xml', NULL, NULL, N'SqlXml'
        COMMIT;
        RAISERROR (N'[dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes]: Insert Batch: 1.....Done!', 10, 1) WITH NOWAIT;
        GO

        SET IDENTITY_INSERT [dbo].[DbVsCSharpTypes] OFF;

A: I've done something like this in the other direction, using a Dictionary of System.Type objects to SQL type names.

A:
I know EF, nHibernate, Subsonic etc could do all this for me but in this case, for various reasons, I am having to roll my own. :)

Why don't you use SubSonic or one of the other ORM mapping tools to define working conversions between Sql datatypes and .Net datatypes - and then roll your own solution using this information on the conversions as a basis?
I'm assuming that you can't use third-party software in the solution - but you can in coming to a solution.


This paper specifically examine how the extent of the distress puzzle differs according to the degree of mispricing and short sale constraints. We find that the distress puzzle observed for overpriced stocks, not for underpriced stocks, becomes insignificant after adjustment for short sale constraints due to an asymmetric pricing effect of short sale constraints only on the short-leg side of distress. However, after adjustment for arbitrage risk, the distress puzzle remains unchanged. These results indicate that the distress puzzle is mainly attributable to short sale constraints, rather than other limits-to-arbitrages such as arbitrage risk, which has a bi-lateral pricing effect on both short-leg and long-leg sides of distress. To mitigate a possible endogeneity problem relation among financial distress, mispricing, and short sale constraints, we measure these variables with different timing. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.