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How the Indian land market can learn from the Indian securities market
by Prateek Misra and Bhargavi Zaveri.
In the world of finance, the implicit value of a security or asset lies in its marketability, or the ease with which it can be converted into cash. Laws enacted by the State and rules of exchanges which impede transferability are viewed as regressive. Financial reform has conventionally focused on increasing the marketability of securities and reducing the transaction costs attached to the transfer of securities. On the other hand, land reforms which have been undertaken in India largely since the 1950s, have failed to create a liquid land market by imposing several restrictions on transferability. This is because Indian land reforms were not motivated by the need to create a land market. On the contrary, the outcome of land reforms has increased transaction costs and reduced the transferability of land. Any conversation on the creation of a land market in India must, therefore, begin with the reforms which have hitherto been undertaken.
State intervention in the land market in India: Intentions and Outcomes
In a lucidly written column, Prof. Anand Swamy points out that upto about 1855, State intervention in the land market was limited to the measures taken for collection of revenue and there were practically no restrictions on land transferability in India. This enabled farmers and peasants to freely mortgage and sell their land.The large scale transfer of land to merchants and moneylenders having no connection to agriculture, however, often led to social tensions, especially in the poorer regions of the country. That is when the State (the British, as it were) chose to intervene in the land market to deal with the social tensions that arose from indiscriminate land transferability. This approach towards land reform continued post-independence too.
Post independence, land reform in India was motivated by the following concerns:
Increasing agricultural production;
Eliminating exploitation and promotion of social justice in the Indian society by providing security for the tiller of soil;
Preventing concentration of land holdings in the hands of a few; and
Protecting tribal communities from the deprivation of land occupied by them.
Motivated by the abovementioned concerns, land reforms in India can be classified into the following categories:
Reforms which abolished intermediaries such as zamindars. For example, the zamindari abolition legislations which were passed in several states across India such as Rajasthan and West Bengal.
Reforms which provided for the regulation of tenancies and rents. For example, the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 and the Mahrashtra Rent Control Act, 1973, which regulate the rights and interests of different class of tenants.
Reforms which imposed ceilings on landholding. For example, the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceilings on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1973 and the Urban Land Ceiling Act, 1976, both imposing ceiling on the holding of land.
Reforms which sought to restrict land use for certain purposes only and indirectly affected transferability, except for the restricted uses. For example, the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, imposes several restrictions on the transfer and use of land.
The policy underlying the reform led to the imposition of several restrictions on sale, lease and mortgage of land. While many reforms completely prohibited the transfer of land, others required the transferor and the transferee to obtain the permission of the State for making the transfer and others permitted transfers only to certain classes of persons. This increased the transaction costs attached to land transactions.
Case Study of Maharashtra
We studied the laws relating to land prevailing in Maharashtra with the objective of identifying the restrictions imposed by them on land transferability.
The following table gives a snapshot of the laws in Maharashtra which impede the transferability of land:
Land Laws of Maharashtra
on transferability (Sale, Lease and Mortgage)
1 Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands
Act, 1948 An Act governing tenancies of agricultural land The Act vested the ownership of agricultural land in the tenant who cultivated such land personally, with effect from a certain date. It permits the deemed owners of agricultural land to sell, mortgage and lease land only under certain conditions and with the permission of the Collector.
2 The Maharashtra Agricultural Land (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961. An Act which imposes a ceiling on agircultural landholdings. The Act allows agricultural land to be sold or partitioned only in certain circumstances with the permission of the Collector.
3 The Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of
Holdings Act, 1947. An Act to prevent the fragmentation of and better consolidation
of agricultural land holdings. The Act allows the holder of a notified piece of land to sell or lease it only to a holder of a contiguous piece.
4 The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 An Act which consolidates the law relating to land revenue in Maharashtra. The Act imposes several restrictions on the transfer and use of land such as (a) restrictions on transfer of tribal land to non-tribals; and (b) restrictions on the use of land used for one
agricultural purpose for another agricultural purpose. However, such transfers and use-related changes can be made only with the permission of the Collector.
5 The Maharashtra Co-Operatives Societies Act, 1960. An Act governing co-operative societies in
Maharashtra The Act imposes various restrictions on lease, such as a mortgagor of property mortgaged to an Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, must not, except with the prior consent in
writing of the bank, and subject to such terms and conditions as the bank may impose, lease or create any tenancy rights on any such property.
Thus, the laws in Maharashtra impose several restrictions on the sale, lease and mortgage of land. While some legislations require the landholder and the transferee to obtain the collector's permission before transferring the land, others mandate that the transfer may be made only to certain classes of transferees such as the holder of a contiguous piece and so and so forth. Under some legislations such as the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the Collector has been permitted to give permission for transfer of land only in certain circumstances, such as if the land is gifted to a member of the owner's family or an institution named in the Act or if the owner is perpetually giving up agriculture or is unable to cultivate the land personally. It dispenses with the requirement to obtain the Collector's permission in certain other set of circumstances such as the purchaser is an agriculturist and the collector's fees are paid.
Restrictions such as the ones illustrated in this case-study have severe implications for the land market, as described in the next two sections.
Prevents bundling of rights in land
In classical economics, when one speaks of land as a factor of production, one does not restrict the purport of land to the physical possession of land. What the land owner, in fact, possesses is the right to carry out a circumscribed list of actions (Coase 1988). Hence, land, as a factor of production, refers to a bundle of rights, which enables a person to "enjoy" the property, namely, the right to sell, lease and mortgage (Commons 1893).
As illustrated in the table above, land reforms in India have effectively prevented the bundling of rights by prohibiting or restricting the right of the holder of the property to hold, sell,lease and mortgage the property. They extensively diluted the value of land as a factor of production.
Transaction costs
The second obvious outcome is the impact of such restrictions on transaction costs attached to transfer of land. Apart from direct costs such as the requirement to obtain the Collector's permission for a whole range of transfers, the transferee of the property also needs to take into account the costs associated with investigating the title of the transferor. To take an example from the abovementioned case-study, where the transferee is acquiring agricultural land in Maharashtra, a title investigation will include an enquiry as to whether the transferee has the authority to unconditionally transfer agricultural land, whether the transferee qualifies as an agriculturist and whether the land is eligible for conversion.
Thus, unlike financial reforms which conventionally focus on creating liquidity in assets, land reforms in India have hampered liquidity in the land market. India would not have had a liquid securities market in securities if the right to transfer securities was similarly restricted. This principle is applicable across asset classes.
Land reforms made in India were a symptom of the malaise that prevailed at that time. Today, the reforms themselves are the malaise. Apart from increasing transaction costs, they create tremendous scope for rent-seeking and corruption in the form of mandating permissions for land transfers. Any conversation on land reform for the creation of a liquid land market in India must, therefore, make a clean break from the past.
The authors thank Sattwick Biswas for useful discussions on this subject.
The Firm, the Market and the Law by R. H. Coase (1988), Page 155.
John R. Commons, The Distribution of Wealth (1893), Page 92.
The authors are researchers at the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy.
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Last weekend the Group was asked by Paddy Kelly (of the 13th Scouts and the Order of Malta) to provide support and a campsite for a secret air crash exercise at Waterford Regional Airport organised by the Order of Malta and involving Waterford and Wexford Order of Malta, Waterford Airport Fire Services, Waterford Search and Rescue and the Waterford Coast Guard.
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Dale O'Sullivan, Ciara Molloy, Adam Murphy and Rebecca Tubritt-McEvoy of 3rd Scouts, Philip Lawrence and Alex Phelan of 7th Scouts and, Ruairi O'Hogartaigh and Jack Pickard of the DLS Ventures represented the Group with Paschal Guilfoyle and Oisin O'Byrne.
The scenario was that a plane had crashed into a small Scout Camp with around 36 casualties. Immediately the Waterford Airport Fire Services were on site to deal with the fire that had broken out. Afterwards the Order of Malta were on the scene providing all manner of first aid adn triage together with the HSE, and the Waterford Coast Guard with their awesome helicopter. The Waterford Search and Rescue search dog team were also out looking for any remaining survivors. The whole event lastest two and a half hours from crash to having everyone treated and fed.
Thankfully all Scouts survived with mere broken bones, severe burns, and all kinds of pains and ailments.
Report with thanks to Oisin O'Byrne.
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Here's a small private plane-shaped pool in Miami.
This is the Flying W Airport in New Jersey, where they have a cool plane-shaped pool with "W"s on the wings. Flying W is described as a "flying airport resort", and whilst I'm not sure exactly what that is, there's definitely real planes parked right next to the pool. Very odd.
Over in Cairo, Egypt, they've taken a quite different approach and illustrated a fighter jet on the bottom of this circular pool, which also features a very large bird of prey. Do these insignia hold some sort of significance I wonder?
Finally, in China, they've dispensed with swimming pools, a built an entire lake in the shape of a plane! This is right next to a decent sized airport, so maybe this is a hotel.
Whilst swimming here might not be very pleasant, if you look closely you'll see that instead, you might be able to take a boat trip in this plane!
Thanks to 93f2, Felippo, Majoska and kjfitz.
Alex – i think you have fallen in to the 'Make America Proud You" trap with the Flying W. You have just looked at the logo and read 'flying airport resort' when you should have read it as "Flying W" "Airport resort". Just bad graphic design really (perhaps you can put in a pitch?) and not really confusion. Take a "Doh!" card, do not pass go, do not collect £200.
I think I'm having Deja vu, haven't you posted the Flying W resort before, maybe its just me thinking? I know I have seen it somewhere!
I wish I could remember the name of this guy, but it escapes me at the moment. Anyways, this guy used to rent out Lear Jets for cargo (or something). From what I remember, he got caught with something he shouldn't have been flying… and ended up going bankrupt.
Although technically the Flying W is near Philadelphia, it is not in Pennsylvania (where Philadelphia is). It's in New Jersey, about an hour east of Philadelphia, and about as removed from the big ol' city as you can get, as you can see.
Ah, thanks for that Dan – post updated.
I saw something weird on the map of the last plane pic in china. It looks like a farm to the south with odd holes all over the place, a little more south you can see mounds all over the place.
The Cairo one appears to be at an airbase, as there are a fair few 'copters sitting on the tarmac and either hangers or bunkers just to the north.
I've swam in that pool last summer lol. It's nice, also cool watching the nearby planes.


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Colin Maclachlan joined the army in 1989 and after 9 years in the Royal Scots passed selection first time aged 23 into 22 SAS. Colin was fortunate enough to have been involved in some of the more high profile and daring missions of the recent period.
He waded through stinking swamps in Sierra Leone in West Africa to hunt down the West Side Boys, a guerilla gang holding 5 British soldiers hostage. It was a mission so daring and dangerous they nicknamed it Operation Certain Death. The SAS recce teams secured the hostages' building and neutralised any West Side Boys prior to the main assault arriving and secured the prison building before the rest of the unit arrived wiping out the terrorists in 2000.
He was also the first sniper on the scene when a hijacked Afghan flight with 150 passengers landed at Stansted in the same year, sparking a stand-off that lasted four days. But five years later Colin found himself on the other side of a rescue mission after he was taken hostage in the Iraqi city of Basra. Blindfolded, battered and stripped naked, he repeatedly felt a gun pressed to his head and heard them pull the trigger, as his captors held mock executions.
Father-of-two Colin only survived long enough for British troops to rescue him because the terrorists who held him wanted to film his suffering in a propaganda video before they executed him.
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Sam McKendry has played on 19 occasions this season, compared to Junior Paulo's 10, however is averaging over six minutes less on the field. McKendry gets through more defensive work, making an average of 24 tackles per game to Paulo's 20. Their ability to go forward is similar with Paulo averaging 115.5 metres from 13 runs per game, and McKendry making 105 metres from 11 runs per game. Neither forward has scored a try this season.
James Segeyaro has taken the field 13 times, to Nathan Peats' 17. Segeyaro has crossed the line for a try five times, with Peats having scored four. Segeyaro enjoys running the ball more than his opposite number averaging 10 runs per game, compared to Peats' average of six, resulting in Segeyaro making 67 metres per game to Peats' 50. Furthermore, Segeyaro has made seven line breaks and 26 offloads this season in comparison to Peats' three line breaks and two offloads.
Jeremy Latimore has featured 19 times this season, with Darcy Lussick featuring 12 times, both predominantly from the bench. Latimore has been able to get through more minutes on the field, averaging 45 minutes to Lussick's 35 minutes. Latimore averages 13 runs per game, making 114 metres compared to Lussick who runs the ball an average of 10 times for 87 metres. In defence, Latimore reaches 28 tackles per game, with Lussick making 22.


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Rating: Leverage, Season 5
July 17, 2017 July 17, 2017 Erik
We've been rewatching and rating Leverage and we've gotten up through season 4. (For more on how our rating system works, see here, which also covers season 1 of Leverage.) Here's what we thought.
"The (Very) Big Bird Job" – 6
"The Blue Line Job" – 4
"The First Contact Job" – 10
"The French Connection Job" – 8
"The Gimme a K Street Job" – 4
"The D. B. Cooper Job" – 1.5
"The Real Fake Job" – 6
"The Broken Wing Job" – 10
"The Rundown Job" – 10
"The Frame-Up Job" – 9
"The Low Low Price Job" – 8
"The White Rabbit Job" – 3
"The Corkscrew Job" – 6
"The Toy Job" – 5
"The Long Good-bye Job" – 9
Leverage goes out on a high note with an average rating of 6.6 for its final season, a small step up from 6.4 for season 4 and the best of any season. There are a mix of better and worse episodes this season, including a couple of real duds, but there's a slew of 9s and 10s that just sparkle. This season has a mix of traditional con procedurals and more ambitious episodes that break out of the formula. The best episodes include both perfectly executed traditional grift stories and some of the more unusual attempts. The effort to do something different doesn't always pay off, though, and this season's failures are some of the episodes that stray farthest from the formula.
The absolute worst of the season—and in the running for worst of the entire series—is "The D. B. Cooper Job," at 1.5, which, like season 4's "The Van Gogh Job" is mostly about other characters played by the main cast, this time reinventing the story of skyjacker D. B. Cooper. While "The Van Gogh Job" had the advantage of a charming, if sad, love story, "The D. B. Cooper Job" is just a whole lotta brooding white guys being emotionally unavailable and stuff, which is pretty much the last thing we need more of on tv. Dishonorable mention also goes to "The White Rabbit Job," at 3, which tries to do an Inception and seriously fails to pull it off.
Happily, we have three standouts tied for best of the season at a full 10 points. "The First Contact Job" is a kooky X-Files riff with a faked alien contact and tons of tongue-in-cheek sci-fi geek humor. "The Broken Wing Job" is a solo adventure for Parker (our favorite character!) which challenges her to figure out how to do the work of the whole team while recovering from a broken leg. Watching Beth Riesgraf play the whole range of Parker's emotions from climbing-the-walls stir-crazy to oh-no-you-don't-hurt-my-friend badass is a sheer delight. Finally, "The Rundown Job" trades in the series' usual quirky humor for an action-packed bioterror thriller in Washington D. C. with just Parker, Hardison and Eliot (our three favorite characters!).
And that's Leverage! A lot of good episodes and great characters. Well worth a rewatch!
Leverage: Season 1
Any Leverage fans out there want to weigh in? Got a different pick for the best or worst episodes of the season? Let us know in the comments!
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July 6, 2017 July 4, 2017 Erik
Leverage, season 4
"The Long Way Down Job" – 5
"The 10 Li'l Grifters Job" – 3
"The 15 Minutes Job" – 8
"The Van Gogh Job" – 6
"The Hot Potato Job" – 10
"The Carnival Job" – 5.5
"The Grave Danger Job" – 8
"The Boiler Room Job" – 10
"The Cross My Heart Job" – 8.5
"The Queen's Gambit Job" – 4
"The Experimental Job" – 8
"The Office Job" – 1.5
"The Girls' Night Out Job" – 8.5
"The Boys' Night Out Job" – 6
"The Lonely Hearts Job" – 6.5
"The Gold Job" – 7
"The Radio Job" – 4
"The Last Dam Job" – 6
Leverage makes a jump in this season from last season's average of 5.6 to 6.4. Despite a few poorly-performing episodes dragging down the average, there are a lot of gems this season that show off the skill of the writing team and the versatility of the cast. This season's episodes continue to experiment with the form, such as "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job," a Christie-esque murder mystery, the parallel stories of "The Girls' Night Out Job" and "The Boys' Night Out Job," and "The Office Job," which is just The Office with our heroes blundering around in it. Some of these efforts pay off; others, not so much.
The worst episode of the season is "The Office Job" at just 1.5. Maybe if you're a fan of The Office you'll enjoy this, but we're not, and it just doesn't work as a Leverage episode. "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job," "The Queen's Gambit Job," and "The Radio Job" don't work very well as episodes, but they all have their moments. Like last season, season 4 also has another half-hearted attempt at an arc which really isn't worth the trouble the writers went to in setting it up.
On the other hand, we get two brilliant 10s out of this season: "The Hot Potato Job," in which the crew rescues a bio-engineered super potato from an evil agri-corp, and "The Boiler Room Job," in which our heroes have to figure out how to scam a scammer who knows all the scams in the book. Both of these episodes pit the characters against formidably smart adversaries who keep them on their toes. Besides these two, there's also a good selection of 8s and 8.5s
There's also an oddity this season: "The Van Gogh Job," which we rated a 6. The two of us usually give episodes pretty close to the same rating, so when an episode rates a 6, that usually means we both gave it a 3 on our scale of 1 to 5. For this episode, though, we were poles apart: one 5 (because it's a powerful emotional story that lets the main cast show off their range by playing entirely new characters) and one 1 (because it's just not a Leverage story and there's no con to watch unfold).
Image: Leverage cast via IMDb
June 15, 2017 June 11, 2017 Erik1 Comment
We've been rewatching and rating Leverage and we're through season 3. (For more on how our rating system works, see here, which also covers season 1 of Leverage.) Here's how the season looks to us.
"The Jailhouse Job" – 4.5
"The Reunion Job" – 5
"The Inside Job" – 7
"The Scheherazade Job" – 4
"The Double-Blind Job" – 5.5
"The Studio Job" – 5.5
"The Gone-Fishin' Job" – 7
"The Boost Job" – 5.5
"The Three-Card Monte Job" – 1
"The Underground Job" – 6
"The Rashomon Job" – 8
"The King George Job" – 7.5
"The Morning After Job" – 4.5
"The Ho, Ho, Ho Job" – 8
"The Big Bang Job" – 4.5
"The San Lorenzo Job" – 6
Season 3 has a lot of decent but not excellent episodes in the 4-6 range, but the average for the season is brought down to 5.6 (just a hint below season 2's 5.7) by one real stinker.
To get the bad stuff out of the way first: "The Three-Card Monte Job" is the season's worst episode and only total bomb. It's a story about a father and son who have a bad relationship and are bad at communicating with each other. Snore. We are so, so over father-son angst. Even a few clever on-the-spot caper bits by the team can't save this episode. This season also includes a half-hearted attempt at an arc which never really pays off, but at least it doesn't get in the way of the usual heists and capers too badly.
On the other hand, we have two solid episodes tied for best of the season at 8. "The Rashomon Job" is a sparklingly clever take on the heist genre as the main characters all recount, from their own perspectives, how once, before they all started working together, they were all after the same priceless work of art at the same time. The main cast really shines in this one as they get to play out different versions of the same scene, and so does John Billingsley in a brilliant guest performance. "The Ho, Ho, Ho Job" is a feel-good Christmas episode that also features the return of Wil Wheaton's pain-in-the-ass hacker Kaos. There are lovely character bits in this episode, too, including Parker's childlike love of Christmas and Elliot playing the grumpiest Santa Claus ever.
April 20, 2017 April 18, 2017 Erik
We've been rewatching and rating Leverage and we've got season 2 under our belts now. (For more on how our rating system works, see here, which also covers season 1 of Leverage.) Here's our take on the season.
"The Beantown Bailout" – 5.5
"The Tap-Out Job" – 2.5
"The Order 23 Job" – 6
"The Fairy Godparents Job" – 4.5
"The Three Days of the Hunter Job" – 8
"The Top Hat Job" – 2
"The Two Live Crew Job" – 8
"The Ice Man Job" – 8
"The Lost Heir Job" – 7
"The Runway Job" – 5.5
"The Bottle Job" – 5.5
"The Zanzibar Marketplace Job" – 4
"The Future Job" – 7
"The Three Strikes Job" – 8
"The Maltese Falcon Job" – 4
This season is a lot of highs and lows. Several weak episodes are balanced out by a number of strong ones. The average for the season is 5.7, which is respectable but a step down from season 1, which averaged just under 6. The show was finding its footing this season and striking out in some new directions, which sometimes paid off but other times just fell flat.
We have a four-way tie for the best episode, all at a solid 8. In "The Three Days of the Hunter Job" the team manufactures a government conspiracy in order to discredit a ruthless reporter. In "The Two Live Crew Job," they compete with another team (featuring Wil Wheaton as a pain-in-the-ass hacker!) to steal a priceless painting. In "The Ice Man Job," Hardison, the hacker, gets in over his head while trying to show that he can get out from behind the computer and do an in-person grift, and the rest of the team has to improvise a heist around him to get him out. In "The Three Strikes Job," the whole team get in over their head as they get tangled up in a larger plot involving the mob, the FBI, and a corrupt mayor. All of these episodes play with the heist/con formula in interesting ways and give the actors a chance to stretch their wings and tackle something new. In these episodes, we really see the creative team's willingness to tinker with the mechanics of the procedural format pay off well.
The lesser episodes of the season also show attempts to vary the formula, but they don't come off as well. The worst of the season is "The Top Hat Job," at only 2. In this episode, the heist is pretty simple and most of the screentime is taken up by the team's distraction event: Nate, the most mediocre and uninteresting character on the team, putting on a mediocre and uninteresting magic show.
April 6, 2017 April 2, 2017 Erik1 Comment
We like to watch tv together and we enjoy rewatching the best episodes of series we've seen before, but how do you remember which episodes were worth seeing again and which to skip? We came up with a solution to that problem: now when we watch a series, we rate each episode. Each of us gives each episode a rating from 0 to 5, like this:
0 – Terrible, I never want to see it again.
1 – Pretty bad, but had a few redeeming features
2 – Not awful, but kind of lacking
3 – Decent, solid, nothing special
4 – Pretty good
5 – Awesome!
(We also sometimes give half-points, so a 3.5 might be for an episode that is a little better than average.) Then we add our scores together to get a total rating from 0 to 10. We note this score down on a slip of paper that we keep with our discs. (We like to watch shows on disc. We're old-fashioned like that.)
We often end up giving the same rating to an episode, so a rating of 6 usually means we both gave it a 3. Part of the fun of watching and rating is chatting about the episode afterwards to see how we both felt about it.
Now when we go back to rewatch a show we can decide what kind of mood we're in. If we want to plow through everything—good, bad, and indifferent—we can. If we want to just skip the worst episodes, we can watch everything that rated above a 2. If we want only the good stuff, we can stick to 6 and above. If we only want the highlights, we can go for 8 and up. (Or straight to the tens.)
We recently finished rewatching and rating the first season of Leverage, an adventure/comedy show about a gang of thieves and con artists who decide to go straight(-ish) and start using their skills to take on wealthy criminals and evil corporations. Here's how we felt about season 1.
The average of the ratings this season's episodes is just under 6, which is respectable and pretty solid for the first season of a show.
The highest rating this season was an 8, for which two episodes tied. The first was the pilot, ep. 1 "The Nigerian Job," about how the team all comes together for revenge on a corrupt executive who used them to steal a rival company's plans and them sold them out. The other was ep. 8, "The Mile High Job," in which the team stumbles into an attempted murder on an airplane and has to improvise their way through to keep the target safe. Both of these episodes give all of the characters plenty of time to shine and throw lots of interesting problems in their way for them to solve.
Our lowest-rated episode this season was only a 3, ep. 11 "The Juror #6 Job," in which Parker, the team's not-exactly-social thief, finds herself doing jury duty under one of her aliases. We found the case uninspiring and the character interactions a little icky.
Our full ratings:
"The Nigerian Job" – 8
"The Homecoming Job" – 6
"The Two Horse Job" – 7
"The Miracle Job" – 5
"The Bank Shot Job" – 5.5
"The Stork Job" – 4.5
"The Wedding Job" – 5
"The Mile High Job" – 8
"The Snow Job" – 6
"The 12-Step Job" – 7.5
"The Juror #6 Job" – 3
"The First David Job" – 5
"The Second David Job" – 7
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Q: Strange implicit conversions with the ternary operator I have the following code:
class A {
public:
    operator int() const { return 5; }
};

class B {
public:
    operator int() const { return 6; }
};

int main() {
    A a;
    B b;
    int myInt = true ? a : b;
    return 0;
}

Attempting to compile that code with Visual Studio 2017 RC results in the following error:

error C2446: :: no conversion from B to A
note: No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called

...which is surprising because I would expect it to convert both of them to a common type, in this case int.
clang (4.0) compiles the same code successfully without any errors or warnings.
Which of the two is correct in this case, and why?

A: TL;DR; clang is right, since there are no possible conversions between A and B, overload resolution is used to determine the conversions to be applied to the operands, and the following (fictive) overloaded operator is selected:
int operator?:(bool, int, int);

There exists such (again, fictive) overload of the ?: operator for any pair of arithmetic types (see references below).

Standard rules:
Since you cannot convert A to B or B to A, then the following applies:

[expr.cond]
Otherwise, the result is a prvalue.
  If the second and third operands do not have the same type, and either has (possibly cv-qualified) class type, overload resolution is used to determine the conversions (if any) to be applied to the operands ([over.match.oper], [over.built]).
  If the overload resolution fails, the program is ill-formed.
  Otherwise, the conversions thus determined are applied, and the converted operands are used in place of the original operands for the remainder of this subclause.

This falls back to this:

[over.match.oper]
If either operand has a type that is a class or an enumeration, a user-defined operator function might be
  declared that implements this operator or a user-defined conversion can be necessary to convert the operand
  to a type that is appropriate for a built-in operator.
[...]
The set of candidate functions for overload resolution is the union of the member candidates, the non-member candidates, and the built-in candidates.
If a built-in candidate is selected by overload resolution, the operands of class type are converted to the types of the corresponding parameters of the selected operation function, except that the second standard conversion sequence of a user-defined conversion sequence is not applied.
  Then the operator is treated as the corresponding built-in operator and interpreted according to [expr.compound].

In your case, there is a built-in candidate:

[over.built#27]
For every pair of promoted arithmetic types L and R, there exist candidate operator functions of the form
LR      operator?:(bool, L, R);

where LR is the result of the usual arithmetic conversions ([expr.arith.conv]) between types L and R.
  [ Note: As with all these descriptions of candidate functions, this declaration serves only to describe the built-in operator for purposes of overload resolution. The operator "?:" cannot be overloaded. — end note ]

Extra details:
Since the ?: operator cannot be overloaded, this means that your code only works if both types can be converted to an arithmetic type (e.g., int). As a "counter"-example, the following code is ill-formed:
struct C { };
struct A { operator C() const; };
struct B { operator C() const; };

auto c = true ? A{} : B{}; // error: operands to ?: have different types 'A' and 'B'

Also note that you would get an ambiguous "call" if one of the type is convertible to two different arithmetic types, e.g., int and float:
struct A { operator int() const; };
struct B {
    operator int() const;
    operator float() const;
};

auto c = true ? A{} : B{};

The error (from gcc) is actually full of information:

error: no match for ternary 'operator?:' (operand types are 'bool', 'A', and 'B')
auto c = true ? A{} : B{};
~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~

*

*note: candidate: operator?:(bool, float, int) <built-in>

*note: candidate: operator?:(bool, float, float) <built-in>

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Kirkuk, November 2021: Kurdish farmer in the village of Shanagha in Sargaran sub-district. Kirkuk Now
By KirkukNow
Residents of 35 villages of Sargaran sub-district in western Kirkuk are in a complicated situation due to the outstanding problems between Kurd and Arab farmers regarding the ownership of agricultural lands.
The history of this conflict dates back to the period of the rule of the Baath Regime in 1970s while successive parliaments and governments in Iraq post 2003 have failed to find radical solutions.
In the 1970s, the Baath Party, led by Saddam Hussein, distributed most of the agricultural farmlands of Kurdish and Turkmen farmers in several areas of Kirkuk to Arab settlers brought from central and southern Iraq, in the form of agricultural contracts.
These contracts continued until the fall of the Baath regime in 2003. Then, the Kurd and Turkmen real owners returned to their lands and have been cultivating those lands for the last 18 years.
During the past week, a wave of Arabs returnees came back to those lands especially in the Sargaran sub-district, west of Kirkuk, a move that might result in clashes between farmers of different communities.
Pirot Kanabi, a Kurdish farmer who lives in the village of Shanagha within the borders of the Sargaran, said, "The Arab farmers returned after 18 years to claim these agricultural lands. They have contracts of Ba'ath party era and claim they are the owners."
"We, as residents of the village, will not accept the stay of those Arabs here at all. We will defend with whatever strength we have."
Early last week, a number of Arab farmers entered the village of Shanagha early in the morning and set up tents there, then asked the Kurdish farmers to evacuate the area.
Located 238 kilometers north of Baghdad, the oil-rich city of Kirkuk is an ethnically mixed province for 1.6 million Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen, Muslims, Christians and Kaka'is. It has long been at the center of disputes between Baghdad and Erbil.
Kirkuk, November 2021: Arab farmers camped in Shanagha village in Sargaran sub-district. KirkukNow
This step sparked anger of the Kurdish farmers and warned of the emergence of clashes, and to stave off the emergence of tension and confrontations, the Joint Operations Command in Kirkuk forced the Arab farmers to remove their tents.
"These people from the provinces of Kut (Wasit) and Diwaniyah, raid our village and want to seize our lands," said Kanabi, who owns a title deed that proves his ownership of his agricultural land.
The return of Arab farmers and their quest to return to the use of agricultural lands in Kirkuk began after the events of October 16, 2017, when the security forces of the Government of Iraq returned to Kirkuk and the rest of the disputed areas. In return, the forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG withdrew from it.
The KRG, with the emergence of ISIS in 2014, and years before that, was imposing its control over the Kirkuk and the disputed territories, especially in terms of security.
"As Kurds, we have no authority and the Kurdish leadership does not care about our problem. We appeal to the KRG and the Baghdad (federal) government to find a radical solution to this problem," Kanabi called on both sides.
We as Kurds do not have power and the Kurdish leadership does not care about our problem
Najim Mam Siwara, a resident of the village of Gabarka of Sargaran complained about the unilateral steps Arabs take.
"They are raiding our lands backed by agricultural contracts dating back to the period of the Baath regime. They want to expel us from the land of our fathers and forefathers," Siwara said
"Our blood was spilled on this land, our people were martyred for the sake of this land but they want to expel us," Siwara sobbed.
The disputed agricultural lands were distributed to the Arabs in the form of contracts per a decision of the Revolutionary Command Council of Ba'th Party, but the problem is that the decisions of that council have legal force and their abolition requires a counter law by the Iraqi parliament.
Dylan Ghafoor, a winning candidate of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Kirkuk for the next parliament, said in a previous statement to KirkukNow the decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council of the Baath Party should be canceled in Parliament in order to return these lands to their original owners.
"The issue is undoubtedly legal, but it is also political. For example, in previous sessions, the decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council were included in the parliament's agenda with the aim of voting to cancel them, but it was not passed, because canceling it is not in the interest of some parties," Ghafour said.
Kirkuk, November 2021: Iraqi security forces are trying to remove the tents of Arab farmers set up in the village of Shanagha of Sargaran. KirkukNow
Arab farmers have asserted on several occasions through KirkukNow that they own agricultural contracts and claim these lands under the law. They have verdicts in their favor by Kirkuk courts which ruled out claims from both parties.
The continuation of this problem comes at a time when the Iraqi government and parliament have several times formed committees to address this problem and normalize the situation in Kirkuk, but without results.
Shakhwan Abdullah, a member of one of the committees formed in 2020 to normalize the situation in Kirkuk, believes "Kirkuk Agriculture Department is the main culprit in this issue and must put an end to these violations."
The lands must remain with their owners until the disputes are finally resolved
"There is a decision issued by the Iraqi government that stipulates not to renew the contracts of the Arabs settlers. The lands must remain with their owners until the disputes are finally resolved," said Abdullah, the candidate of Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP who won a parliamentary seat from Kirkuk province.
Kirkuk local officials believe they are not part of the issue which should be addressed in Baghdad.
Zuhair Ali, director of the Kirkuk Agriculture Department, a member of the Arab community, told KirkukNow, "The solution to this problem is not in Kirkuk. Only Baghdad can address this problem, either through the supreme courts or the Iraqi parliament."
"The committee that was formed by a decision of the Iraqi parliament to resolve this issue has not accomplished its mission," he added.
The committee was composed of representatives of the three main components of Kirkuk, Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen. This committee has not met since before the parliamentary elections that took place on October 10th.
The members of the committee met several times in Kirkuk and Baghdad "but they did not reach any solutions. In my opinion, the new parliamentary session should handle this issue as soon as possible. We are waiting for a legal solution," Ali said.
Farmers also put all their hope in the Baghdad, Erbil and relevant authorities to sort out the issue and lit light at the end of the tunnel.
"How long do we have to wait? I ask everyone to make efforts to rid people of this suffering," Siwara called on relevant authorities.
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Historians For Britain
Understanding the Past, to Decide Today, for the Future
The Most Important Events in British History: A Timeline
Apr 12, 2017 by Brian	in Britain
The United Kingdom's history is so rich. There are thousands of stories in the past that shaped United Kingdom today. In the history, many figures were involved – scientists, politicians, soldiers, artists, and religious leaders, among others. They were the reason why the United Kingdom has become one of the greatest countries in the world.
Let us visit the past and know the 11 most important events in the entire British history.
The Roman Conquest of Britain
In 55 B.C., Julius Caesar initiated the invasion. But it was only in AD 43 when the Romans under Emperor Claudius gradually conquered Britain. Different legions were sent to conquer various parts of Southern Britain. There were accounts of Roman resistance, including King Caratacus in AD 47. However, he lost the battle. The Roman conquest had a great impact on the British culture.
The Battle of the Winwaed
This historical event was a battle between religions. Oswiu, the Christian King of Northumbria battled against King Penda of Mercia who promoted paganism among his coalition across England and Wales. The two armies fought in the river banks of Winwaed. King Oswiu promised the Lord to build 12 monasteries if he will win the battle. Successfully, Penda's armies were destroyed. King Penda was converted to Christian, resulting in the Christian dominance in England and Wales.
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Roman Conquest resulted in the establishment of Britain as a European Nation. In the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, they debated where Britain would belong to – in Western Europe or in the Nordic Arc. Harold Godwinson expelled the Vikings from England. The Vikings remained a menace to Roman Catholic civilization. Later on, William the Conqueror defeated Harold's armies, placing England into the family of Western European nations.
The Edwardian Conquest of Wales
After the death of King Henry III, his son Edward I became the new King of England. Edward generally disliked the Celts. Thus, he started a conquest of Wales in three separate campaigns. In 1277, Edward sent a huge English army in the North Wales Coast. The Welsh led by Dafydd, Llewelyn's brother, started a revolt against the English but later on tried and executed. The second campaign was Democratic. Edward was obliged to call a parliament. Thus, parliamentary democracy has been rooted in the English subjection of Wales.
The Declaration of Arbroath
The Declaration of Arbroath pertained to the declaration of Scottish Independence in 1320. After the Battle of Bannockburn, the English armies had been banished from Scotland. However, there were still vulnerabilities to invasion from the south. With this, Scotland issued the Declaration of Arbroath, a plea submitted to Pope John XXII to confirm the sovereignty of Scotland.
The Battle of Sluys
The Battle of Sluys in 1340 was a major turning point in the Hundred Years' War. It started after a series of disagreements between the Kings of England and the Kings of France about land ownership. By the 14th century, France occupied English territories in Europe. They also began to build their navies, especially in waters. With this, the English started a revolt. They destroyed a majority of the French ships and succeeded. The English victory at Sluys marked the most important maritime success in Europe.
The Act of Union
During the 13th and 14th centuries, English armies tried to conquer Scotland through military force. It was until in 1707 when they agreed to the Act of Union. This was composed of two Acts of Parliament involving Scotland and England. Through the Acts of Union, the two kingdoms became united on One Kingdom. Basically, the two nations shared the same monarch government. They also shared one military and engineering prowess. This was considered as the most successful nation union in world history.
The Slave Trade Act
In 1787, a Committee for the Abolition of Slave Trade was formed by the Evangelical English Protestants. One of the most active anti-slave campaigners was William Wilberforce. They call for the absolute end of slavery in the British Empire. In 1807, the Slave Trade Act was passed the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished slave trade across Britain. It also encouraged other European states to abolish slavery. Moreover, it stopped the exportation of slaves to the United States.
The French army started another conquest in Europe under Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon rose to power during the French Revolution, conquering various parts of Europe. British-led Allied Armies under Wellington and Prussian commands defeated Napoleon and the French army at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This marked the absolute end of French army's plan of conquering Europe.
The First World War was one of the most remarkable events in the history, not just affecting Europe, but the world. It started in July 1914 when the Allies (Great Britain, Italy, France, and Russia) fought against the Central Powers (Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hungary). The Allies won the war when the United States became an entry to their force. The war destroyed three big empires. Over nine million soldiers and seven million civilians died in the war.
The Second Global War was so far the most destructive and the deadliest war in the entire human history. It started in 1939, this time, between the Allies and the Axis. The Axis Powers were composed of Germany, Japan, and Italy. This introduced the names of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, along with Hirohito and Benito Mussolini. In conclusion, the Allies again won the war. It officially ended in 1945. There were almost 100 million fatalities recorded, most of which from the Soviet Union. Being the deadliest, the war involved massacres, genocide, Holocaust, starvation, and various diseases.
These were some of the most remarkable and most influential British events in the world history. All of these events made the United Kingdom stronger and better. The culture, religion, and the government today are all established in the past. Today, it keeps on improving towards the common good of all people.
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BSM celebrates student achievers from local Catholic schools with luncheon
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Students from local Catholic elementary schools were recognized at the luncheon for their leadership skills, and they will receive a scholarship from BSM for their achievements.
BSM awarded a selective group of eighth-grade students with the Red Knight Achiever Award this past week for their leadership skills and role in society. These students celebrated these skills at a luncheon held at BSM on Wednesday, January 25th.
The Red Knight Achiever Award is an award given to current eighth graders from other Catholic schools in the west metro area. Each of these Catholic schools identified two eighth graders who demonstrate exemplary leadership skills, Christian service, and strong academic potential. There were ten schools present at this lunch and 19 award winners, including two from the BSM Junior High. "It's a great opportunity to recognize them as leaders in their school community," Associate Director of Admissions Ms. Betsy Van Cleve Stiegler said.
The luncheon lasted from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the library, which was festively decorated for the occasion with red and white. "Taher catered [the luncheon], so the cookies were obviously a huge hit for the visiting eighth graders," Van Cleve Stiegler said.
Metro-area academic achievers come to lunch at BSM
During the luncheon, Dr. Skinner did a presentation and read specific biographies about each of the students, who also received a certificate. Afterward, there were opportunities for the future BSM students and their families to take tours around BSM.
Many people were at the luncheon, including the students, their families, and administrators from their schools. Also, some members of the student body at BSM were invited, since a number of them went to the selected Catholic schools. The students selected are also currently involved in the Student Ambassadors Program at BSM. "It's a good opportunity for BSM to be represented at all of these tables [and] for us to have someone who is an advocate for BSM in case these families have any questions about the student experience," Van Cleve Stiegler said.
This selective group of students is not only celebrated for their leadership, but they are also given a scholarship for their education at BSM. "If they decide to come to BSM next year, they receive $1,000 to go towards their tuition here at BSM, not only their freshman year but also their sophomore year as well," Van Cleve Stiegler said.
This event was a significant experience for many of the eighth graders, as they were not only recognized and celebrated by their own school but by BSM, a local high school. Hopefully, these students can lead the future with their leadership and good works.


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Zilliqua And Global Brain Blockchain Announces Intelligent Partnership
Global Brain, one of the biggest VC firms in the tiny country of Japan has just agreed to a partnership with Zilliqua. Zilliqua is a highly anticipated blockchain development firm that is said to be creating a platform that is highspeed. The blockchain platform is currently being developed in Singapore.
It was recently in Tokyo that the blockchain platform based on technology of sharing, made a definite announcement, agreeing to it's partnership with Global Brain Labs. The block chain portion of GB, which is also one of the largest venture capital firms in Japan is likely to help accelerate their movement. Ziliqua will also be a member of the Global Brain Alliance Forum in 2017. The alliance forum will be held in Tokyo on December 8th.
They are excited to see what an organization like Global Brain Labs can do when partnered with Ziliqiqua. When partnered, the two companies contain one amazing team, made of exceptional techies and advisors as well as strategic business geniuses. They are confident that the technology they create will be very successful as a blockchain superior in the coming months.
GB Blockchain Labs, has also announced they will house a community driven blockchain ecosystem. And that it will be based on GB which is one of the largest VC firms in Japan. The partnership between the two companies shows their commitment to helping promising blockchain companies.
Zilliqua is easily one of the most promising technology companies that will likely have a massive impact on the blockchain world in the near future. They are looking forward to working together and GB is excited to help provide guidance to their momentum from here on out.
Ziliqua's core technology originates from research that has previously been done at the National University of Singapore to help solve the scalability issue that blockchains are currently facing. It's one of the most pressing issues they claim they are facing in the tech industry to date. This new platform being developed however, it based on technology of sharding that was first proposed in an academic paper back in 2015.
Ziliqua has already developed a platform that is working when it comes to testing. They have recently announced that their internal testnet has reached a peak throughput of nearly 2,488 transactions per second. From this perspective, if the platform was already completely operational on the same number of computer nodes as Ethereum, their rate would actually skyrocket to more than 15,000 transactions per second. That is almost double that of the average VISA, which is easily the biggest payment system in the world.


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