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The battle below the surface
El Parece
Raymundo Riva Palacio published a column in Informador yesterday about the context and subtext to statements by Tamaulipas Governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca last week at a press conference with Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The column is worth reading regardless of your political views about the author, the governor of Tamaulipas or the president of Mexico. The following is a discussion of the conflict simmering below the surface.
Cabeza de Vaca and López Obrador represent two very different and fundamentally opposed philosophies. Historically, the US has shown a strong preference for politicians motivated by personal benefit, like Cabeza de Vaca, over an idealist or a populist like López Obrador. It's much easier to work with someone who can be had for a price rather than someone that may take some convincing or compromise.
Ultimately, the political control of Tamaulipas and the viability of the opposition parties nationally is what's at stake here. If the PAN can hold on in Tamaulipas, their political future at the national level survives. The US will continue to work with them and the project started many years ago will continue as planned. If the Morena party's gubernatorial candidate can take the governor's seat from the PAN, Morena will benefit at a national level and gain leverage in bargaining with the US.
The ascendency of Morena nationally has led to the opposition forming the so-called Federal Alliance/Alianza Federal (FA) out of necessity and self-preservation more than ideological or policy agreement. Governors from the PAN, PRD, PRI, Citizen's Movement and whatever the guy in Nuevo León is, have united in their opposition to Morena.
Cabeza de Vaca is a symbolic leader of that alliance. Several of its constituents, including Cabeza de Vaca, face accusations of corruption which have for many years characterized politics in Mexico. In some ways, Cabeza de Vaca is the last of a dying breed of Mexican politicos that use office to enrich themselves, family members and allies. The prosecution of Genaro García Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security during the Calderón administration now facing cocaine trafficking charges, may be the symbolic end of the era which permitted such behavior.
For the López Obrador administration, the Lozoya case is about exposing the US-backed plan to liberalize the Mexican energy industry and the corrupt politicians that were bought in the process of making it. By revealing the ugly truth about how and to some extent why the energy industry was opened to foreign investment, Morena can scandalize and possibly criminalize Cabeza de Vaca to help them take the governor's seat and consolidate further advantage at the national level.
The Cabeza de Vaca archetype has for many years been an accepted cost of doing business with Mexico. Politicians are used while they hold office despite many warning signs of corruption and then eventually prosecuted years later for what was known all along. Call it the García Luna model. Corruption is prosecuted after the politician has served their usefulness and at the end of the day, the US still considers itself a champion of the rule of law.
The Lozoya case and the truth about Cabeza de Vaca's entire political career threaten to end that delusion.
The battle between López Obrador and Cabeza de Vaca encompasses the struggle between Morena and the Cabeza de Vaca dynasty in Tamaulipas, Morena vs. PAN dominance in Tamaulipas, Morena's ascendency nationally vs. the viability of the PAN and other constituents of the Federal Alliance, and the Morena federal government's leverage with US.
In Riva Palacio's column, the author suggests that Nelson Balido, the lobbyist and nexus between Cabeza de Vaca and US businessmen, politicos and the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, has been preparing a counteroffensive. According to the Riva Palacio, Balido has initiated a private investigation of López Obrador's son, along with his son's wife and family members. But criminal investigations of Cabeza de Vaca are reportedly underway in both countries. Whatever dirt the author is implying might have been dredged up would have to be pretty extraordinary to hold a candle to Cabeza de Vaca's monumental legacy of corruption and vindictiveness.
The more interesting thing here is that right now, a defense and security tech lobbyist with connections to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security and influential politicians, has somehow managed to meddle with US foreign policy in Mexico without it being noticed by anyone in the media.
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Democrat Rick Daugherty challenges Charlie Dent
Daugherty also ran against Republican incumbent Charlie Dent in 2012
John Latimer
johnlatimer@ldnews.com
A prominent Lehigh County Democrat is taking another shot at a congressional seat representing parts of Lebanon County.
Rick Daugherty, a former chairman of the Lehigh County Democrat Party, has launched his campaign in Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District, which in addition to western parts of Lebanon County represents all of Lehigh and portions of Berks, Dauphin and Northampton counties.
Daugherty's name should be a familiar one to Lebanon County voters, because he was on the ballot in the newly reshaped 15th District four years ago against incumbent Republican Charlie Dent.
After running a grassroots campaign that produced a win in the primary contest against attorney Jackson Eaton, Daugherty was defeated by Dent in the 2012 general election by a 14-point margin.
This time around, Daugherty will have an easier path to the November election, because he is running unopposed in the April 26 primary.
Dent, who is seeking a seventh two-year term, also is running unopposed in the primary.
In a news release issued to coincide with his announcement, Daugherty said his number one priority is to return jobs to the U.S. by ending unfair trade agreements.
"Since the United States granted China Most Favored Nation status as a trading partner in 2001, we have lost millions of jobs and have been flooded by products made in China," Daugherty said. "This policy has been an economic disaster for many working families. It has to stop now."
Daugherty said Dent supports trade agreements which cost jobs in America by giving advantages to countries with low-paid employees and lax regulations.
"The North American Free Trade Agreement and giving China Most Favored Nation trade status cost us nearly one-third of our manufacturing jobs and over 80,000 factories closed. Yet my opponent wants even more free trade agreements," he said.
Daugherty said he favors bipartisan efforts to renegotiate the agreements or levy tariffs to level the playing field.
"This is one issue where I align with the Freedom Caucus of the Republican Party, and I welcome the opportunity to work with them. China has been lying, cheating and stealing from us for 10 years, and we sit back and do nothing," Daugherty continued. "Congress determines trade policy. It will be my laser focus if elected."
Director of a Lehigh Valley senior center, Daugherty said he will also fight to strengthen and improve Social Security and Medicare, and opposes Republican-supported voucher plans. He also favors raising the wage cap on Social Security to ensure its solvency and believes seniors should receive annual Cost Of Living Adjustments.
The father of three grown children also said that student loans are a focus of his campaign. In addition to making college more affordable, he supports allowing students to refinance their student loans and giving them a higher tax deduction for their interest payments.
To learn more about Daugherty, visit his website daughertyforcongress.com.

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import java.util.HashMap;

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Hugh Pentecost
Aliases: Judson Philips
Hugh Pentecost was a penname of mystery author Judson Philips (1903-1989). Born in Massachusetts, Philips came of age as a writer during the golden age of pulp magazines, and spent the 1930s writing suspense fiction and sports stories for a number of famous pulps. His first book was Hold 'Em Girls! The Intelligent Women's Guide to Men and Football (1936), but it was winning the 1939 Red Badge prize for short fiction that started his career writing novels. Beginning with 1939's Cancelled in Red, Philips would write nearly one hundred books over the next five decades.
His best known characters were Pierre Chambrun, a sleuthing hotel manager who first appeared in The Cannibal Who Overate (1962), and the one-legged investigative reporter Peter Styles. Although he spent his last years with failing vision and poor health, Philips continued writing daily. His final novel was the posthumously published Pattern of Terror (1989). In 1973 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
"A certain hand, and a crafty mind. . . . Ingenious." - New Yorker
"Hugh Pentecost's best stories seem usually to be those about Pierre Chambrun, resident manager of that superb hotel de luxe, the Beaumont." - New York Times
"The Hotel Beaumont is where I shall go if I die in a state of grace." - Anthony Boucher
Tags: Hugh Pentecost
Birthday, Deathday by Hugh Pentecost
The Deadly Joke by Hugh Pentecost
Death After Breakfast by Hugh Pentecost
The Evil That Men Do by Hugh Pentecost
The Gilded Nightmare by Hugh Pentecost
Girl Watcher's Funeral by Hugh Pentecost
The Golden Trap by Hugh Pentecost
Random Killer by Hugh Pentecost
The Shape of Fear by Hugh Pentecost
Walking Dead Man by Hugh Pentecost
Bargain with Death by Hugh Pentecost
Nightmare Time by Hugh Pentecost
Remember to Kill Me by Hugh Pentecost
Time of Terror by Hugh Pentecost
With Intent to Kill by Hugh Pentecost


According to the Amputee Coalition of America, there are an estimated 3 million amputees in the United States alone. Amputation is defined as the severing of a body part. Every year over 156,000 people in the United States lose a limb. Some amputations, such as that of a fingertip, can cause minor bleeding, but other amputations, such as an arm or a leg, can lead to significant blood loss, shock, infection, and possible death.
Congenital limb differences occur when a child is born without an arm or leg or parts of an arm or leg. Approximately 2% of the amputee population is congenital. The causes of such birth defects are often unknown. Information on amputees: Some amputees wear a prosthesis or "artificial limb." A prosthesis can range in price from $8,000 to $70,000, depending upon the level of amputation. The average prosthesis must be replaced every 2-5 years.


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Shahs Or Sunset: A Short Kiss Goodnight
August 2, 2018 by tamaratattles 37 Comments
Golnesa
We kick off the season with a ski trip to Big Bear for Reza, GG, Mike, Nema, Mona, Destiney, and MJ. It sounds like none of them actually know how to ski. It's nice to start off with a potential for serious injury.
They have a great big lodge in Big Bear and a private chef. Bravo hooked them up. GG is going through a rough divorce from Shalom. Mike has met someone, or cast someone, to play the part of his love interest this season. Her name is Mona. She and her brother Nema will be joining the cast this season. Nema falls immediately in love with Golnesa. She's very emotional about her divorce and says she has no sex drive anymore. Nema is weird and I don't think he will be GG's type.
Mike just said that Sherv is coming later that night because he has to work. Really? Tell me more about this work. We've never heard how he makes his money. Mona reminds Nema that he has a girlfriend.
I just realized we are halfway through the episode and I haven't had much to say. I don't believe that Reza made anything on the breakfast buffet. It did look good though.
There are literally no other people on the slopes besides the cast. How did that happen? Why are they wearing helmets? Is that some new law or something?
Nema and Mona are Persian but don't speak Farsi. Also they were not raised together. When they were 2 and 4 years old, their parents got divorced and the mom took the girl and the dad took the boy. They didn't reunite until college.
That Spy Who Dumped Me movie has had more advertising than any movie in the history of the world. It does look kind of cute.
There is a double date with the brother and sister and Mike and GG. There seems to be more chemistry between Mona and Nema than anyone else. It's rather odd. Speaking of odd, GG wants to be pregnant by next yet and in a non-committed relationship with the father. Nema is already offering up his sperm.
I'm not sure what Destiney is crying about to Mercedeh. Destiney has problems with relationships. Doesn't everyone? Mike sure does. He is saying and doing all the wrong things with Mona. He says she needs to marry someone very wealthy because she has a long list of pricey desires. Actually she wants to homeschool her kids (I disagree with this) and travel a lot. Neither of those things are outrageously expensive. He's low-key calling her a gold digger. I don't think she would be on a date with Mike if she was. He doesn't even have a job. Which reminds me, I wonder what his fake go no where enterprise he plans to fake this season?
Mercedeh and Reza share a bed and a bedroom and talk about how happy they are in their lives. She wants Reza to spend more time with Tommy and she loves her relationship with Adam. Mercedeh asks Reza to be her Man of Honor.
Golnesa and Rema really hit it off at dinner. Mike and Mona are like oil and water. Mike tells Mona he is friendzoning her. Golnesa agrees to a date with Nema when they get back home.
Next week, why are we going to pretend that MJ's mom doesn't want MJ to marry Tommy? She likes Tommy more than she likes MJ!
Filed Under: Asa Soltan Rahmati, Entertainment News, Golnesa Gharachedaghi, Mercedeh Javid, Mike Shouhed, Reza Farahan, Shahs of Sunset, Shervin Roohparvar Tagged With: Adam Neely, Asa Soltan Rahmati, Destiney Rose, Entertainment, Entertainment News, Golnesa Gharachedaghi, Jessica Parido, Mercedeh Javid, Mike and Jessica Divorce, Mike Shouhed, Mike Shouhed Cheating, Mona Vand, Nema Vand, Reza Farahan, Shahs of Sunset, Shahs of Sunset Season 5, Shervin Roohparvar
Kendra M says
They were drinking Bogle!!! That is my commenting fuel!! Somewhere between glass two and glass three I move from spectator to TT Super commentor. Woo Hoo
Sweetballsofire says
It's not a new law in California but since they're not experienced I bet Bravo made them wear helmets due to insurance issues. Although I am a very good skier and I still wear a helmet because it's dangerous and one wrong hit to the head and you're a vegetable.
Jr.Leaguer says
Or dead…look at Sonny Bono and Natasha Richardson. They were both experienced skiers. Natasha was not even on the slope and slipped fell while in her skies.
My husband had the same type of injury from a ladder. Thankfully a retaining wall broke his fall and saved his life. He still can't taste or smell.
I never understand not wearing one, the correct bump and you're dead! I am so sorry about your husband, thank goodness he's alive.
Kipper says
I don't wear one but I ski like MJ now. I grew up without all the helmet stuff and as I've aged, I'm not the daredevil I used to be. That said my daughter always wears a helmet, it's part of "the look" and I'm glad!
Sugar Rush says
I know we only see snippets of what was actually taped, but is it weird to anyone else that Nema is so madly in love with GG 15 minutes after meeting her? It's stalker-creepy.
Cjourney says
This whole episode seemed so staged and fake. Ugh. Is it bad that I love looking at all the food the most?
That is exactly the feeling I got the entire episode. The trip was very staged and contrived, and I know that trips are planned specifically for these shows, but Big Bear seemed like something half of this cast would never even considering doing irl, and then to do it during the first episode felt awkward. Did nothing happen during the offseason that they had to create this activity for them to do?
There is no way Mike is dating this woman Mona. He either hired her for a storyline or to rehab his playboy image – or Bravo did. She is as bland as bland gets, and her interactions with him were classic bad acting. I won't even get into the brother, who had no reason to be there if he weren't in fact hired, and his socially awkward declarations of life-changing love for GG, whom he met 5 minutes ago. And Destiney, using an everyday ordinary problem as her first ever storyline?
I am surprised that the Shahs felt it needed to sink to this level, it's usually an entertaining show when the cast is just being the trainwrecks they normally are.
In the last few minutes, it dawned on me that Mona and Nema are like creepy former RHNYC Cindy Barshop and her brother…but with personalities.
They eat really good looking food. That's all I got. Snoozefest#
If you want to recoup some of that hour back, Leon Bridges is on Jimmy Fallon tonight!
scottishwitch says
I thought everyone looked great except that Mike, who is potentially handsome, always manages to appear nudgie, with the ill fitting hat, and rumply clothes and weird facial expressions that look like Asian warrior masques. It was funny when the group burst out laughing about Mike saying he had no ego. WWHL – Reza and Mercedeh look great and her skiing skills surprised me! I will probably regret saying this in some weeks but I think Nema is kind of cute (exotic eyes) and it was sweet when he called GG beautiful – she was so happy. I think she is beautiful too, but I don't think GG feels that way. Their chemistry seemed real! GG's ring was gorgeous.
thetatumtalks says
Asian warrior mask facial expressions is hilarious and spot on. Thanks for making me laugh!
How does Shrev allegedly make his money again👀👀👀
Lisak says
SitaWife says
GG looked gorgeous this year. Loved the new hair. I liked Nema. At least he said only one other woman made him feel like this and it was his ex-wife. He seemed really smitten with GG.
Mike was an ass to Mona after the dinner date. Reza called it when he said if a woman didn't drop to her knees 12 minutes after meeting Mike he was done. Haha. Mike has a huge ego no job and is getting older. That playboy lifestyle can't last forever.
Shev didn't get any air time this first show. Glad to see him back, he is usually a voice of reason. Except for the whole sleeping with the married woman last year, I always liked him.
I was super impressed with MJ & GG sking abilities.
A huge ego, no job and a giant golden dool. Maybe he can be a gigalo.
EnglishRose says
Nema has that whole Shia Lebeouf vibe going – not a bit attractive to me, but each to his own. Theress something very creepy about him – he's just too eager to please GG, and he agrees with everything she says, and what's with the girlfriend? They've been together for a year-and-a-half and he's willing to jump ship that easily? Remember what they say, GG, what they do to get you is what they'll do when they want to replace you. Hope she doesn't fall for his B/S.
Mike is as delusional and full of himself as usual. I was in hysterics when he said he had no ego and everyone else just about busted their bladders laughing and howling. Reza hit it on the nose when he made the comment about Mike needing women to be immediately obsessed with him. When they're not, he gets kind of a mean, dismissive attitude. Run, Mona, run! When Mona said she wanted her kids home school, he jumped right in and said he did too – until he realized she didn't plan to to it herself and still planned on traveling a lot with them (he wants his wife to do it so she'll be stuck at home all day and give him plenty of time to cheat). Then he kind of insulted her by saying she'd better marry a really rich man if she planned on traveling all over and she let him know, in no uncertain terms, that she already did that and had plenty of money to keep doing it. She's way out of your league, Mike, get used to it.
Reza looked really healthy and much younger and it was nice to see everyone getting along. Why can't the RHOOC or RHONY behave like that when they go on a trip? I stayed in a beautiful cabin near Big Bear once before, for a week, but that ski chalet was huge and gorgeous. I don't remember any shots of snow other than the man-made stuff on the ski slopes though – that would be disappointing, since half the fun is sloshing around in the snow, when you're not used to it, and especially watching it fall. Looked relaxing though, but if I were to go somewhere like that, I'd rather go out to eat or live on sandwiches than have a live-in chef (unless there was a huge blizzard and I was snowed in). I'd want complete privacy, and the ability to be completely spontaneous. Wonder if they ever realize how fortunate they are?
Hope that made sense, I'm getting tired and it seems a bit incoherent. Should have proof-read!
I kind of missed the homeschool convo (and I'm with TT on this, unless you are in a totally abhorent district, or like Pioneer Woman, its an hour drive to the nearest school)
She wants her kids homeschooled but she doesn't want to be the one to do it???? WTF?
Sool says
I just looked her up.. shes a doctor so its understandable that she wouldnt want to lol..
you nailed it TT: at the vegan restaurant scene, it was painfully obvious there was never going to be any chemistry between Mona and Mike, and that this created connection is to serve as the introduction of a new cast member ie. Nema. What does Mike have that could possibly be attractive to a woman with a degree, a job and breath in her body? When he made that comment about 'principles', explaining that he had overridden differences in the past, ie. with Jessica, my jaw hit the floor. Didn't she commit to Judaism to marry his entitled player ass? Mike is looking down the barrel of being the creepy old guy hitting on the young women a la Shep but without the mailbox money. I pretty much hated what the women were wearing in the party bus to bear mountain: Destiney in her 'dope' tshirt, GG with the weed leaf and MJ in her Gucci tracksuit, though that was probably the most stylish. I miss Asa big time.
CC says
Mona is a Dr, what on earth would she want to do with him? I heard her on a podcast. She is plant based and really into wellness & beauty. She was very likable.
thill says
I was delighted not to see Asa and disappointed she is featured in the previews. Of course, she is filmed stirring shit between Adam and Reza, because — Asa.
IDK what Mike sees when he looks in the mirror. He is a slobby mess and not a catch at all, despite what his mommy tells him. He was unbelievably rude to Mona during dinner, but I guess she and her brother will be regulars and they had to start somewhere. The brother is creepy — his confessionals, his ski clothing and wine glass on a rope, and his obvious pursuit of GG. GG needs a good man, not someone who will dump a longtime girlfriend for a few minutes on television. ugh.
Bushwick says
Can't stand Mercedeh. She has mean & jealous streaks that can be really cruel. The way she treated Lily was despicable but her bastard child comments about Soltan were unforgivable. When Asa's name came up she talked shit, but from what I remember the hateration came from her.
I want to see how the GG & Nema story plays out. I hope she finds love. In the show's history, she's never had a favorable edit. I also want to see the completion of Reza's home renovation and what Asa's up to. I like Tommy eventhough he picked that shrew, MJ.
Other than that, this show could leave my DVR like the RHOC. The way they treated Asa during her pregnancy was so terrible, I was done after the last reunion.
GG never has a favorable edit because of her actions and attitude – hard to hide gross behavior
HousewifeNut says
Watching Nema and Mona kept giving me flashbacks to Friends, "The One With the Inappropriate Sister". Mona seems like quite a bore, Nema is not starting off the right foot with me on national tv saying he has a girlfriend but wanting to date GG. Loved the lack of Asa this episode!!!
Also, does it seem like Destiny is trying to hard in her talking head, or is it just her personality?
mystrox says
I find Destiny as trying too hard to the point of being annoying
Karen Leslie Stewart says
Reza the big bear mountin' went to Big Bear Mountain. The best went over the mountain to ski what he could ski.
Mike was actually honest with Mona. She is well educated. She is a PharmD. and while a PharmD makes very good money…they do not make I want my children solely educated by tutors and to spend all Summer in Europe kind of money.
The crack about Nema's car cracked me up. My 75 year old mother gets a new…you guessed it…white Lexus every year.
I know that she's doesn't have children, but Mona's comments about child-rearing are completely jejune. You educate a child according to his or her needs, and you don't know what those will be until you see how your child develops. I have friends (from college) who split their education among public, private schools, and/or boarding schools both here and in Europe, even supplementing with tutors, due to their family's work/living arrangements and their own personal developmental needs. It's a different experience, for sure, but not necessarily superior. The fact that Mona is saying this makes me thinks she has no real experience with money and is trying intentionally to sound superficial for shock value. It's not like she is going to birth the King of England.
As someone who has taught at literally every grade level from first grade to college, it is very important for children not to be isolated in the process if at all possible. That is one of the major issues with child actors that don't turn out well. It's actually better that she at least doesn't want to home school them herself. In her case she is highly educated so that is better than when the meth heads do it to avoid being referred to child services. But it is important that kids have a variety of teachers as well. In elementary school here that was a trend in "looping" with your kids which means the teacher moves on with the same class of students. As much as I would have selfishly loved to do that with many of my classes of kids, every teacher has a much different style, and mine was much different that EVERYONE'S. I was kind of a hippy dippy California liberal sort of teacher (don't tell Erica).I was strict on the class rules of civility (heh, yeah I know,) I was very free with my methodology. I'd have my writing class outside which was the bane of many principals existence. If we were learning about Adjectives we would go outside and journal about the clouds. Of course the principal was like IT'S NOT YOUR OUTSIDE TIME!!! etc. My kids loved me and excelled on THE STANDARDIZED TEST which is all principals care about in the end. However, I think my kids needed to have the spectrum of teachers to learn about life. I'm a fan of boarding schools, mostly because I always wanted to go to one like my brother did. But being stuck at home having someone come in to basically tutor a kid is not the way to go. Nene Leakes kid went to some weird high school where he got credit for following his mother all over the country with a tutor and now his career goal is to be a comedian like his mother. He also had not athletic experience. This will not end well.
I think it is selfish when people think they can give their kids a better education than schools. You make fine points, I agree with every one. Not only do they get shorted on academics, but they need to be part of a world, not the little moon orbiting around a parent at the center of the world. How do they learn how to get along as a team member Being in a classroom provides opportunities to learn from students, not just teacher. Even the most intelligent person cannot teach EVERYTHING as well as a credentialed teacher. Especially when they are taught by my sister-in-law who thought that New Mexico was in Mexico, the Vietnam War was fought over the Panama Canal, and did not know what the Boston Rea Party was. Really.
Completely agree. I always enjoyed the school setting and fully espouse the goals, benefits and values of live classroom instruction for children (not to mention the social interaction). I also believe in the utility and value of employing various pedagogical methods and modalities, even within the same class, which I think provides the best foundation for knowledge – and abhor the idea of "teaching to the test." Homeschooling is also not my preference, but to each their own, and for a very few, it just might be the right choice. But above all else, I know that different children need and require different things for optimal educational development, so to approach child-rearing or education with a one-sided, prescribed approach that doesn't take the individual child into consideration is a veritable mousetrap.
By the way, the friends I have who went to boarding schools, both here and abroad, loved them as well!
Cheryle says
I can understand the benefits of home schooling in certain situations as times have changed. Particularly in certain areas, and I am sure drugs are a problem there. Here in this area we have a one High School called "Dana Pills" and another one nicknamed " Heroin High" There are too many drug cartels around who buy up homes for cash and move their families here. That and their mafia members feed off these kids give drugs to these homeless guys who sell them to these kids. I would see a lot of ER kids with drug induced Psychosis from bad batches of Crystal Meth coming over from the borider cooked with God knows what. So Home schooling could be of benefit.
JeepGirl15 says
Mike is really bothering me this season. I see no reason for Nematode or Mona.


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Q: How to continuously send a network stream in c# I am trying to understand tcp server/client communication for school.
What I am trying to do is to send a screenshot of the screen to the client.
All is working fine, but now I want it to make it send over and over again (pretty much a screenshare) and I can't find a solution myself.
Here is the code:
Server
class Program
{

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Run();
    }

    private static void Run()
    {
        StartClientAsync();
    }

    public static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task StartClientAsync()
    {
        try
        {
            IPAddress ipAddress = Dns.Resolve("localhost").AddressList[0];
            TcpListener server = new TcpListener(ipAddress, 9500);
            server.Start();
            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for client to connect...");

            while (true)
            {
                if (server.Pending())
                {
                    Bitmap tImage;
                    byte[] bStream;

                    while (true)
                    {
                        using (var client = await server.AcceptTcpClientAsync())
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Connected");
                            NetworkStream nStream = client.GetStream();

                            try
                            {
                                tImage = Screenshot();
                                bStream = ImageToByte(tImage);
                                nStream.Write(bStream, 0, bStream.Length);
                                Console.WriteLine("Sent Image");
                            }
                            catch (SocketException e1)
                            {
                                Console.WriteLine("SocketException: " + e1);
                            }

                        }
                        Console.WriteLine("Disconnected");
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        catch (SocketException e1)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("SocketException: " + e1);
        }
    }

    static byte[] ImageToByte(Image iImage)
    {
        MemoryStream mMemoryStream = new MemoryStream();
        iImage.Save(mMemoryStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
        return mMemoryStream.ToArray();
    }

    private static Bitmap Screenshot()
    {
        var bmpScreenshot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height,
            PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);

        // Create a graphics object from the bitmap.
        var gfxScreenshot = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenshot);

        // Take the screenshot from the upper left corner to the right bottom corner.
        gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X,
            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y,
            0,
            0,
            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size,
            CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);

        return bmpScreenshot;
    }
}

Client
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Start();
    }

    public void Start()
    {
        IPAddress ipAddress = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1");
        using (TcpClient client = new TcpClient())
        {
            client.Connect(ipAddress, 9500);
            Log("Connected...");

            Thread.Sleep(500);
            NetworkStream nNetStream = client.GetStream();
            Image returnImage = Image.FromStream(nNetStream);
            pictureBox1.Image = returnImage;
        }
    }

    private void Log(string text)
    {
        if (ControlInvokeRequired(textBox1, () => Log(text))) return;
        Console.WriteLine(text);
        textBox1.AppendText(text);
        textBox1.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
    }

    public bool ControlInvokeRequired(Control c, Action a)
    {
        if (c.InvokeRequired) c.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate { a(); }));
        else return false;

        return true;
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        pictureBox1.Image.Save(DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString("D19") + ".png", ImageFormat.Png);
    }
}

I tried using a additional while loop, but when I execute it, the client won't start the form, until I stop the server manually.
The Image should be updated in the picturebox, every time a new image was sent.
Thanks

A: Your problem is that
Image returnImage = Image.FromStream(nNetStream);

won't finish executing until the end of stream, thus not letting the window initialization to run.
What you need is

*

*Running the connection part in separate thread, so it won't block the UI thread

*Method to distinguish between image frames and getting them one by one to put into picturebox

To achieve first point you might use System.Threading.Task. You need to remember, that you can't access UI directly from separate thread, so you'll need to use Invoke() on picturebox.
To achieve 2nd one I'd design some simple comms protocol and copy network stream data to separate MemoryStream to create image out of it.
For example, always send one Int32 indicating number of bytes to read (i.e. size of the image sent), then n bytes containing image. Then you can go with reading single int from network stream, figuring out the amount of data to copy to MemoryStream and then copy that amount to create Image.

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Q: Integration of BitBucket and SonarQube on Pull Requests What is the best way to trigger a SonarQube scan/analysis on a Pull Request, upon Pull Request creation in BitBucket?
Tech Stack:
BitBucket server v4.14.5 hosted on prem
SonarQube server 6.6 hosted on prem
Jenkins has been used to run the scans previously; would be easiest to continue down that path.
Mibex plugin not an option as it creates a new project and that workflow isn't acceptable to my architect.
Ideally, workflow would be:
Pull Request Workflow:
Developer creates pull request - pull request triggers SonarQube scan - scan posts results back to BitBucket.
Merge to Master Workflow:
On pull request merge to 'master' branch, another SonarQube scan is run against "master" to maintain baseline quality of code for 'master'